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Caron, Gustave Joseph

Date of birth:
December 1st, 1924 (Falher/Alberta, Canada)
Date of death:
November 20th, 1944 (Netherlands)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: III. Row: E. Grave: 5.
Service number:
M/1534
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Private
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.

The SSR settled into a routine of daily patrols, to be back at their base each night by 23:30 hours before the nightly enemy barrage. In their War Diary entry for November 19/20, 1944, the SSR diarist reported: “Patrolling in the area will be much more difficult by reason of denseness of the trees and the danger of mines which the Germans have scattered profusely”.

Gus Caron received a gunshot wound to his chest 20 November 1944 and was admitted to 11 Canadian Field Ambulance but died that day, age 19.

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