Military service
Burial/memorial information
He embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 9, 1939, and landed at Greenock, Scotland, on the 18th. He returned to sea on June 15, 1943, with Force M and took part in the Allied landing in Sicily, Operation Husky, on July 10. He was seriously wounded in the head by shrapnel on October 10, 1943. He was transported to the 11th Canadian General Hospital in Catania, where he died on the 12th. He was initially buried in the British military cemetery there, in grave number G.13. Around October 13, 1944, his remains were reburied in the Canadian military cemetery in Agira, Sicily, in grave number A.B.15, which was later renumbered C.C.296. He had served 1,451 days, including 1,403 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar, Good Conduct Badge
Digital gallery of Private Henri Desmarais
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Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Grave marker
Grave marker from Henri Desmarais' grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery. -
Photo of Henri Desmarais
Photo source is his niece Julie Desmarais. -
Photo of Henri Desmarais
E. Desmarais memorial marker Agira June 6 2023
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Private Henri Desmarais
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Desmarais
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Desmarais
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Desmarais
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Desmarais
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Desmarais
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Desmarais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 153 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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