Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Adrien Braconnier
In memory of:
Lance Corporal Adrien Braconnier
December 15, 1943
Casa Berardi, Italy
Military Service
E/4662
25
Army
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar
Additional Information
December 11, 1918
Montreal, Quebec
November 16, 1939
Montreal, Quebec
Son of Alexandre Braconnier and Albina Therrien of Montréal, Québec. Brother of Sergeant Théophile Braconnier, regimental number E-5478, Royal 22e Régiment, wounded in action in Italy, and Private Léo Braconnier. They survived the war.
He took part in the landings in Sicily on 10 July 1943 and in Italy on 3 September. He was killed in action on 15 December 1943 during an assault to seize the crossroads north-east of Casa Berardi. He was first buried at Casa Berardi, province of Chieti, on the 20th before being exhumed and reburied at the Moro River Cemetery in Ortona, Italy.
Commemorated on Page 139 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
II. E. 4.
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.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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