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Military service
Service number:
D/138645
Age:
20
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 5, 1924
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
January 11, 1943
Montreal, Québec
Death:
December 16, 1944
Near Russi, Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 2.
Additional information
Baptised Joseph Alfred Fernand Crevier, he served under the name Fernand Crevier. Son of Alfred Crevier and Rose-de-Lima (alias Délima) Demers of Montreal, Quebec. Enlisted in the 4th Canadian Infantry District Depot, he embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 25 August 1943 for Great Britain, where he landed on 2 September. On 18 February 1944, he was assigned to the Mediterranean theatre of operations and transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment. On 3 March 1944, he landed in Italy, where he was killed in action on 16 December northwest of Russi during the assault on the Fosso Vetro canal between the Lamone and Bagnacavallo rivers. He had 706 days' service, including 479 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 282 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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