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Joseph Elphège Léon Benoit

In memory of:

Private Joseph Elphège Léon Benoit

August 31, 1944
Rome, Italy

Military Service

Service Number:

D/141265

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar.

Additional Information

Born:

July 5, 1922
Sainte-Clothilde-de Horton, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 30, 1943
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Georges Benoit and Liliane Jutras from 824, Sainte-Angèle Street, Trois-Rivières, Québec.

He became ill on 13 August 1944, he was admitted to the 5th Canadian General Hospital in Rome, Italy, with infectious viral hepatitis. He died on 31 August 1944. He was buried in the Allati Al Testaccio cemetery, near St Paul's Gate, Italy, grave number 10. This site has been renamed Rome Military Cemetery, grave I.F.35. He had 429 days' service, including 149 overseas.

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

Cemetery:

ROME WAR CEMETERY
Italy

Grave Reference:

I, F, 35.

Location:

ROME WAR CEMETERY lies alongside and within the Aurelian Wall of the ancient city of Rome. It is reached from the Piazza Venezia, the centre of Rome, by going down the Via dei Fori Imperiali, past the Coliseum, and along the Viale Aventino as far as the Porta San Paulo. Before reaching this gate and the monumental pyramid of Caius Cestius, a road should be taken to the right along the wall of the so-called Protestant Cemetery, in which are buried the poets Keats and Shelley. Across a road at the far end of that cemetery will be seen the ROME WAR CEMETERY.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– The grave marker of J.E.L. Benoit in the Commonwealth Cemetery in Rome, Italy. Note the different letter in his enlistment number on his marker.

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    Grave Marker – The grave marker of J.E.L. Benoit in the Commonwealth Cemetery in Rome, Italy. Note the different letter in his enlistment number on his marker.
  • Inscription– Epitaph on the grave marker of J.E.L. Benoit in the Commonwealth Cemetery in Rome, Italy.

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    Inscription – Epitaph on the grave marker of J.E.L. Benoit in the Commonwealth Cemetery in Rome, Italy.

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