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Castonguay, Joseph Emery

Date of birth:
October 14th, 1918 (Otter Lake/Quebec, Canada)
Date of death:
February 16th, 1945 (Calcar/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XXV. Row: D. Grave: 1.
Service number:
C/103181
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Rifleman
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C.

Rifleman Emery Castonguay was killed on Feb. 26, 1945, as the Royal Winnipeg Rifles engaged the German army in an assault during Operation Veritable on the Dutch-German border.
According to military records, the Winnipeg Rifles troops had debussed from well-armoured Kangaroo carriers which had carried them through heavy artillery shelling and rocket fire. Castonguay likely died as the infantry charged on foot to overtake enemy positions in the fortified village of Louisendorf, Germany.

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