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Aurele Monfils

Aurele Monfils

Male 1921 - 1944  (23 years)

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  • Name Aurele Monfils  [1
    Birth 31 May 1921  Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 12 Sep 1939  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    522 Rideau Street 
    Enlisted 13 Sep 1939  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Fact C2163  [2
    Fact Royal Canadian Engineers  [1, 2
    Fact Sapper  [1, 2
    Death 7 Aug 1944  Italy, Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Aurele Monfils 125186 article.jpg
    Aurele Monfils
    Burial Aft 7 Aug 1944  Italy, Florence Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY , Italy
      VI. A. 2.

      FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY stands on the right bank of the River Arno, just south of the road to Pontassieve and to Arezzo and 5 kilometres east of Florence. Take the A1 Roma to Milano road and exit at Firenze sud. Follow the road (No.67) towards Pontassieve and Arezzo. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff but will be unmanned. The local gardening staff working hours are as follows:
      From first Monday in April:
      Monday to Thursday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.45
      Friday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30
      From first Monday in October:
      Monday to Thursday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00
    Aurele Monfils 125186 tomb.jpg
    Aurele Monfils
    Person ID I125186  Lowertown
    Last Modified 20 May 2021 

    Father Léopold Monfils 
    Mother Marie-Anne Anderson 
    Family ID F23601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Address:
    522 Rideau Street - 12 Sep 1939 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEnlisted - 13 Sep 1939 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
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    Aurele Monfils 125186 photo.jpg
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  • Notes 
    • Son of Leo and Mary Monfils; husband of Grace Lilian Violet Monfils, of Brighton, Sussex.
    • Commemorated on Page 396 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3440] Ancestry website "Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947" (Reliability: 3).
      Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947

    2. [S3441] Veterans Affairs Canada website "The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)" (Reliability: 3).
      The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)

    3. [S3431] Ancestry.ca website "Find a Grave memorial".