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Joseph Ernest Albert Aubin

In memory of:

Private Joseph Ernest Albert Aubin

June 6, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

D/138072

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Born:

November 25, 1923
Sturgeon Falls, Ontario

Enlistment:

November 30, 1942
Montreal South, Quebec

Son of Albert and Jeanette Aubin of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Brother of Pilot Officer Joseph Gilbert Dollard Aubin who died on February 11, 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

IIIA. B. 8.

Location:

Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– On June 7th, 2019, in the small French town of Grangues, near the Normandy coast, the name of Joseph Aubin and an unidentified comrade were added to a memorial to 52 Allied soldiers and airmen who died close to Grangues on June 6th, 1944. Private Aubin and his comrade from 1 Can Para were reportedly shot on a road near that town on the night of D-Day by a German sentry.

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    Memorial – On June 7th, 2019, in the small French town of Grangues, near the Normandy coast, the name of Joseph Aubin and an unidentified comrade were added to a memorial to 52 Allied soldiers and airmen who died close to Grangues on June 6th, 1944. Private Aubin and his comrade from 1 Can Para were reportedly shot on a road near that town on the night of D-Day by a German sentry.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Airborne!

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Airborne!

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