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 1919 - 1944 (25 years)
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| Name |
Robert Joseph Gravelle [1, 2] |
| Birth |
20 Jul 1919 [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1941 [3] |
| Truck driver |
| Enlisted |
19 Mar 1941 |
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada  [3] |
| Fact |
Army [2] |
| Fact |
C/9705 [3] |
| Fact |
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C. [2] |
| Fact |
Private [1, 2] |
| Residence |
19 Mar 1941 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Address:
16 Coburg Street |
| Residence |
1944 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Address:
360 Cumberland Street |
| Death |
24 Jul 1944 |
France [2, 3] |
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Robert Joseph Gravelle
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| Burial |
Aft 24 Jul 1944 |
Calvados, France [2] |
Address:
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY |
- Grave Reference: X. H. 13.
Location: 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.
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Robert Joseph Gravelle
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| Person ID |
I126392 |
Lowertown |
| Last Modified |
12 Dec 2021 |
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| Notes |
- Son of Joseph and Marie Louise Gravelle, of Ottawa, Ontario. [2]
- Commemorated on of the Second World War Book of Remembrance .
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| Sources |
- [S3663] (Reliability: 3).
- [S3438] (Reliability: 3).
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)
- [S3440] (Reliability: 3).
Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948 for Robert Joseph Gravelle
- [S2] page 54.
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