Private Raoul Jacques

Baptized Joseph Raoul Diogène Jacques, Son of Ernest Jacques and Albertine Labonté, from Montmagny, Québec. 

Enlisted at the 54th Canadian Army (Basic) Training Centre in Montmagny, Quebec, he reported that he had served for four years with the Régiment de Montmagny – NPAM – from 1938 to October 11, 1942. He sailed for Great Britain on February 16, 1944, and arrived there on the 25th. On March 26, 1944, he was assigned to Force M, and on the 27th, he embarked for the Mediterranean. He landed in Italy on April 9, 1944, and was immediately transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment. He was killed in action on September 14, 1944, during an assault on Mount Marano while attempting to capture the Palazzo des Vergers located north of Marano. He was buried in Pesaro, grave number 4. On May 31, 1945, his remains were exhumed and reburied in Gradara, grave number I.G.31. He had served for 687 days, including 211 days overseas.