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Herve Deschenes

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Herve Deschenes

September 26, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

B/19096

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Governor General's Horse Guards, R.C.A.C.

Division:

3rd Armd. Recce. Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

December 7, 1918
Sudbury, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 6, 1941
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Thomas and Bertha Deschenes of Sudbury, Ontario. Husband of Marjorie E. Deschenes, of Hamilton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 289 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VIII, E, 7.

Location:

CESENA WAR CEMETERY lies in the Commune of Cesena, in the Province of Forli, and is situated one kilometre north-east of Cesena railway station on the provincial road to Cervia (Route No.71 bis). If exiting at Cesena from the highway, the sign will be seen for the Cemetery. From the other direction in Cesena, follow the sign to Rimini and then Cervia and the Cemetery will be found on the right. The CESENA WAR CEMETERY is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff, but will be unmanned.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Press Clipping– Source HAMILTON SPECTATOR, October 12, 1944
  • Photo of Herve Deschenes

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