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Baptized Joseph Paul Eugène Jacques. He was the son of Napoléon Jacques and Armandine Messier of Montréal, Québec.
Enlisted in the Royal 22nd Regiment, he embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 9, 1939, and disembarked at Greenock, Scotland, on the 18th. On June 15, 1943, he was assigned to Force M and embarked for the Mediterranean to take part in Operation Husky. On July 10, he landed on the beach at Pachino, Sicily, and took part in all the engagements. On the 27th, he was wounded in action. On September 10, he landed at Reggio di Calabria on the Italian mainland. On October 6, he was wounded a second time in action and was evacuated to Great Britain, where he arrived on November 10. On April 19, 1944, he was repatriated to Canada, arriving on the 27th and immediately hospitalized in Montreal. Upon his release, he served as a clerk at headquarters. His health deteriorated, and on March 5, 1946, he was admitted to the Montreal Military Hospital until the 10th. On May 10, 1946, he was discharged for medical reasons. This was followed by a series of hospitalizations that led him to the Veterans’ Hospital in Lachine (now Montreal), where he died on October 5, 1946, of pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Page 585 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY Quebec, Canada
Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road.
During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.
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