Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Adrien Bernier
In memory of:
Private Adrien Bernier
September 14, 1944
Mount Marano, Italy
Military Service
D/56642
23
Army
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Military Medal
Additional Information
August 15, 1921
Quebec, Quebec
September 19, 1939
Montreal, Quebec
His full name is Joseph Albert Adrien Bernier.
Son of Joseph Bernier and Ernestine Lavigne from Montréal, Québec.
He was killed in action on 14 September 1944 by a shell that exploded in his headquarters during a meeting to clear the southern flank of Mount Marano, Italy, during an assault on it in an attempt to take the Palazzo des Verger, north of Marano. He was temporarily buried in Coriano before being exhumed and reburied in Gradara, Italy.
Commemorated on Page 248 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
II, G, 37.
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town. The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Cemetery – View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
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Cemetery – Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cemetery – Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Grave Marker – Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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