Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Benoit Dante Joseph Comolli
In memory of:
Lieutenant Benoit Dante Joseph Comolli
July 11, 1944
Military Service
CDN/290
29
Army
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
5th
Additional Information
January 15, 1915
Montréal, Quebec
February 6, 1942
Montreal South, Quebec
Benoit Comolli was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of Joseph and Mathilde Comolli, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 277 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
XXV. C. 4.
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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