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Joseph Maxmillian Sherrer

In memory of:

Craftsman Joseph Maxmillian Sherrer

October 26, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

A/58203

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Division:

81 L.A.D.

Additional Information

Son of Fred Sherrer and of Eleanor Sherrer (nee Eckert), of Linwood, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 442 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy

Grave Reference:

I, F, 54.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kitchener Public Library Collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library Collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kitchener Public Library Collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library Collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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