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Husband of Lillian Nadon of Ottawa, Ontario.
He was one of 53 Canadians who lost their lives on July 4-5, 1943. They were travelling in convoy KMS-18B on their way to Sicily, Italy, for Operation Husky. Three ships (City of Venice, St. Essylt and Devis) were torpedoed and sunk by German u-boats in the Mediterranean Sea near Alger, Algeria.
Digital gallery of Private Wilfred Nelson Nadon
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Nelson Nadon
Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Nelson Nadon
Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Nelson Nadon
Wilfred Nelson Nadon died on July 5, 1943 when his ship was torpedoed just prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. Lawrence Nadon and his family from Ottawa, Ontario remember him and the brave souls who died on that day.
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Nelson Nadon
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P>
There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14)
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Nelson Nadon
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P>
There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14)
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Nelson Nadon
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P>
There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14)
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Nelson Nadon
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P>
There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14)
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Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Wilfred Nelson Nadon died on July 5, 1943 when his ship was torpedoed just prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. Lawrence Nadon and his family from Ottawa, Ontario remember him and the brave souls who died on that day.
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Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P> There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14)
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Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P> There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14)
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Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P> There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14)
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Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P> There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 198 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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