Military service
Burial/memorial information
Temporarily enlisted under the National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940 on 13 March 1942, he was assigned regimental number D-611559. After one month's training, on 9 May 1942, he was incorporated into the regular forces with regimental number D-129112 in Sherbrooke, Quebec. On 8 September 1943, he was transferred to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. On 21 December 1943, he arrived in Great Britain. On 19 February 1944, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment and left for Italy on the 18th, arriving on 3 March 1944. He was killed in action on 14 September 1944 during an assault to capture San Martino. He was buried on the 17th in Pesaro before being exhumed and reburied on 31 May 1945 in Gradara cemetery.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Corporal Jean Charles Comtois
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Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal Jean Charles Comtois
Digital gallery of
Corporal Jean Charles Comtois
Digital gallery of
Corporal Jean Charles Comtois
Digital gallery of
Corporal Jean Charles Comtois
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 277 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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