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Private Raymond John GAGNON

Male 1921 - 1945  (23 years)


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  • Name Raymond John GAGNON 
    Title Private 
    Birth 23 Aug 1921  Alberta Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1945  Groesbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 28 Feb 1945  Germany, KIA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Private Raymond John Gagnon
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      Private Raymond John Gagnon
      The son of Aimee and Emile Gagnon came to Rathburn, Ontario (Monck Road) from Alberta as a boy. The family operated a small strawberry farm onthe 12th Concession of Mara Township.
      A happy-go-lucky lad, Gagnon enjoyed joking with his siblings and attending community dances.
      He made an agreement with his older brother that Robert would stay home to help on the farm while Ray enlisted in the army. He belonged to Guardian Angels Parish and attended Orillia Collegiate Institute for two years, after
      which he went to work for the Tudhope Anderson Company.
      Gagnon enlisted June 15, 1944. The recruiting officer described him as having
      ?above-average learning ability and is mentally alert...his manner is quiet and subdued.?
      He went overseas on October 21, 1944, joining his unit, the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Armoured Division, in Europe on November 18, 1944.
      Gagnon fought battles in Belgium, Holland and Germany. He participated in an attack through a heavily fortified gap in Hochwald forest in Germany. At three in the morning, the battalion advanced uphill into the Hochwald Gap behind
      and artillery barrage. By the first light of day, the leading companies had fought down the eastern slope to a road where they tried to hold their position,
      despite efforts by the newly-arrived 24th Parachute regiment to dislodge them.
      Gagnon?s B Company took the brunt of the attacks and by nightfall had been reduced to 15 men. Gagnon lost his life in the action.
      Private Raymond John Gagnon
      Service Number: B/24458
      Force: Army
      Unit: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise?s)
      Enlisted June 15, 1944
      Shipped overseas October 21, 1944
      Died February 28, 1945
      Age at death: 23
      Cause of death: Killed in action, Germany
    Person ID I7  EMILE GAGNON
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2022 

    Father Emile G GAGNON,   b. 1882   d. 1958 (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Aimee Marie DENONCOURT,   b. 1887   d. 1969 (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Find A Grave, memorial # 12903719.


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