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Son of Bertram McMillan Reid and Hannah Reid, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Joseph Albert Reid
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Joseph Albert Reid
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Joseph Albert Reid
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Joseph Albert Reid
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Joseph Albert Reid
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Joseph Albert Reid
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Joseph Albert Reid
Joe enlisted on December 23,1940 and proceeded overseas in April 1941. His unit landed first in Sicily and then proceeded up the east coast of Italy, where it was attached to the 3rd Greek Brigade. Intense fighting occurred near the town of Rimini on the Adriatic Sea where Joe was killed by mortar fire. His medals consisted of the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, Canadian Voluntary Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. He was posthumously awarded the Greek Military Cross class 3 for outstanding service rendered to the Greek Brigade.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Joseph Albert Reid
This picture was taken in 2002 at the
grave site in Gradara Italy, Brother George [now deceased] is on the left and Brother Morley on the right, displaying medals that our Brother never saw.
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From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me
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Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013
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Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013
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Joe enlisted on December 23,1940 and proceeded overseas in April 1941. His unit landed first in Sicily and then proceeded up the east coast of Italy, where it was attached to the 3rd Greek Brigade. Intense fighting occurred near the town of Rimini on the Adriatic Sea where Joe was killed by mortar fire. His medals consisted of the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, Canadian Voluntary Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. He was posthumously awarded the Greek Military Cross class 3 for outstanding service rendered to the Greek Brigade.
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This picture was taken in 2002 at the grave site in Gradara Italy, Brother George [now deceased] is on the left and Brother Morley on the right, displaying medals that our Brother never saw.
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Page 425 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GRADARA WAR CEMETERY Italy
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town.
The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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