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Son of John and Elizabeth Kennard, of Cupar, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Private John Edward Kennard
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Private John Edward Kennard
Private JOHN EDWARD KENNARD
H/16964, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Born 19 March 1914, died age 29, KIA on 12 December 1943 by sniper fire, outside Ortona, Italy during 'The Fight For The Gully'
Campaign Medals: 1939 -1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & Clasp
Son of John Sr. and Elizabeth Kennard, of Cupar, Saskatchewan.
Remembered with honour MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY - Grave 10, Row F, Plot 7
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Private John Edward Kennard
From the Regina Leader Post January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Edward Kennard
From the Regina Leader Post January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private JOHN EDWARD KENNARD H/16964, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C. Born 19 March 1914, died age 29, KIA on 12 December 1943 by sniper fire, outside Ortona, Italy during 'The Fight For The Gully' Campaign Medals: 1939 -1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & Clasp Son of John Sr. and Elizabeth Kennard, of Cupar, Saskatchewan. Remembered with honour MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY - Grave 10, Row F, Plot 7
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From the Regina Leader Post January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Regina Leader Post January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 176 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
By the winter of 1943, the German armies in Italy were defending a line stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples, to the Adriatic Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome. For its part, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944 the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending that it would contain the graves of those who died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting in the weeks before and after it. Today, there are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over 50 are unidentified and 1,375 are Canadian.
The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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