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Baptized Joseph Gérard Gagné. Son of Arthur Gagné and Émélie Robidas. Husband of Marie Anna Harper and father of Benoit Gagné.
Under the National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940 (NRMA), he reported on December 10, 1942, call-up number F-75161, to the 5th District Depot in Quebec City, Quebec, and was enlisted with service number E-627460. On May 10, 1944, he re-enlisted at the 1st Canadian Army Post Office in East Angus, service number E-110073. On July 18, 1944, he sailed for Great Britain with the Montmagny Regiment and arrived at his destination on the 30th. On September 15, he was incorporated into the Hull Regiment and on November 3 into the Mediterranean Force M. That same day, he boarded a troop transport and arrived in Italy on the 18th. He was transferred to the Royal 22nd Regiment on December 15, 1944, and joined his new unit on the front line on the 16th. On December 31, 1944, he was a member of Lieutenant Desrosier's platoon. He was last seen about thirty yards from the enemy. He may have been taken prisoner and brought behind enemy lines. He has not been seen since. He was on the banks of the Senio River.
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Page 311 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CASSINO MEMORIAL Italy
Cassino War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome. It is situated in the valley of the River Liri immediately below the southern spurs of the central Apennines. Above it a distance of one kilometre is the dominating hill on which stands the Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 on the site of an ancient temple of Apollo.
If approaching the cemetery by road, follow the Highway A2 from Rome to Naples and leave it at the Cassino exit. After passing the pay booths, follow the sign for Cassino. At the traffic lights, after a block of flats, turn right towards the locality of S. Angelo and the CWGC signs will then be seen.
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