Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Alvin Maxmillian Bunnage
In memory of:
Sergeant Alvin Maxmillian Bunnage
February 13, 1944
Military Service
M/31152
27
Army
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
October 19, 1916
Edwin, Manitoba
August 21, 1940
Calgary, Alberta
Son of William and Fredericka Bunnage. Husband of Fay Tolman Bunnage of Cardston, Alberta. Father of Barry Gail and Everett Blaine. Brother of Mrs. Evelyne Mary Doreen Leavitt, Mrs. Joyce Lorraine Shipley and Mr. Meryle Allan Bunnage of Glenwood, Alberta and Mr. Francis Bunnage, Mr. Gerald William Bunnage and Miss Wilma Arlene Bunnage of Hill Spring, Alberta.
Commemorated on Page 262 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
II. G. 2.
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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