Lance Sergeant Armand Deschesnes

Baptized Joseph Benoit Armand Miville dit Deschênes. Son of Pierre Léon Miville dit Deschênes and Marie Anne Beauchesne from Montréal, Québec.

Enlisted as a Boy Soldier due to his young age, he was sent to the Royal 22e Régiment depot on November 28, 1939, where he remained until May 20, 1941. On December 11, 1942, he embarked for Great Britain, where he arrived on the 18th. On June 15, 1943, he set sail again to take part in the Allied landing in Sicily, Operation Husky, which took place on July 10. On September 3, 1943, he landed on the Italian mainland. On December 14, he was shot in the abdomen during an assault to capture the crossroads northeast of La Casa Berardi, Italy. He died the next day, on the 15th, at 8:30 p.m. at the 1st Canadian Field Dispensary Station. He was first buried in Fossacesia, then exhumed and reburied in the Moro River Cemetery. He had served 1,514 days, including 369 overseas.