Military service
Burial/memorial information
Baptized Joseph Albert Lamarre. Son of François Lamarre and Élisabeth Bérudé, of Matane, Matane, Québec.
Called up on March 13, 1942, to serve under the National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940, call-up notice number F-1075, he was enlisted at the 55th Canadian Army Basic Training Camp, service number E-578141, until May 9, 1942, after 87 days of service, at which time he enlisted in the active forces at the 5th Military District Depot of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in Rimouski, service number E-109008. He embarked for Great Britain on August 28, 1944, and landed there on September 5. Assigned to Force M, destined for the Mediterranean, on September 28, 1944, he embarked for the Italian mainland on the 29th and landed there on October 5. On the 8th, he was first transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment, then to the 4th Battalion on the 26th. He was killed in action on December 3, 1944, on the banks of the Lamone River. He was buried on the 6th along the road northwest of Russi, 9 miles (14.5 km) from Ravenna, in grave number 14, only to be exhumed around December 30 and reburied in Ravenna. He had served for 939 days, including 96 days overseas.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 357 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY Italy
The site for the cemetery was selected by the Army in 1945 for burials from the surrounding battlefields. Ravenna was taken by the Canadian Corps at the beginning of December 1944, and the burials in the cemetery there reflect the fighting for the Senio line and the period of relative quiet during the first three months of 1945. Many of the men buried there were Canadians; one of the last tasks of the Canadian Corps before being moved to north-west Europe was the clearing of the area between Ravenna and the Comacchio lagoon. Others are Indians from the 10th Indian Division, and New Zealanders. The Cemetery also contains the graves of 30, 1914-18 War casualties concentrated in March 1974 from Gradisca Communal Cemetery , Italy and 3 other burials concentrated from other minor cemeteries in Italy. There are now over 30 graves of the First World War and 956 graves plus one Special Memorial of the Second World War.
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