Joseph Gérald Jacques Desjardins b. 9 Mar 1922 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Jun 1944 Calvados, France,: Ottawa Lowertown

1922 - 1944 (22 years)

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Name	Joseph Gérald Jacques Desjardins [1, 2]
Birth	9 Mar 1922	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1, 2]
Baptism	12 Mar 1922	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1]
	Address: 385 Sussex Dr
	Notre-Dame
Gender	Male
Residence	1940	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [2]
	Address: 88 Guigues Street
	see attestation paper
Enlisted	1 Jun 1943	Kinston, Ontario, Canada [2]
Death	11 Jun 1944	Calvados, France,
		Joseph Gérald Jacques Desjardins
Obittuary	29 Jun 1944	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [3]
	The Ottawa Journal
Fact	Army
Fact	C/121371
Fact	Le Regiment de la Chaudière, R.C.I.C. [2]
Burial	Calvados, France, [2]
	BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Grave Reference: VIII. H. 9. Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is about 1 kilometre east of the village of Reviers, on the Creully-Tailleville-Ouistreham road (D.35). Reviers is a village and commune in the Department of the Calvados. It is located 15 kilometres north-west of Caen and 18 kilometres east of Bayeux and 3.5 kilometres south of Courseulles, a village on the sea coast. The village of Beny-sur-Mer is some 2 kilometres south-east of the cemetery. The bus service between Caen and Arromanches (via Reviers and Ver-sur-Mer) passes the cemetery. It was on the coast just to the north that the 3rd Canadian Division landed on 6th June 1944; on that day, 335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds. In this cemetery are the graves of Canadians who gave their lives in the landings in Normandy and in the earlier stages of the subsequent campaign. Canadians who died during the final stages of the fighting in Normandy are buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery. There are a total of 2,048 burials in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery. There is also one special memorial erected to a soldier of the Canadian Infantry Corps who is known to have been buried in this cemetery, but the exact site of whose grave could not be located.
		Joseph Gérald Jacques Desjardins
Person ID	I124774	Lowertown
Last Modified	29 Aug 2021

Father	Jean Baptiste Hervé Desjardins, b. Abt 1876, Québec, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Dora Roy, b. Abt 1881, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	9 Jan 1912	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [4]
	Address: Notre-Dame
Family ID	F33333	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Birth - 9 Mar 1922 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	Baptism - Address: 385 Sussex Dr - 12 Mar 1922 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	Residence - Address: 88 Guigues Street - 1940 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
	Obittuary - 29 Jun 1944 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Notes
[2]

Son of Herve and Dora Desjardins, of Ottawa, Ontario [2]

Commemorated on Page 290 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance . Request a copy

Sources

[S3346] ANCESTRY, 4 Mar 2021 (Reliability: 3).
Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1802-1967
Ottawa
Basilique Notre Dame
1919-1928
[S3438] Veterans Affairs Canada website "Canadian Virtual War Memorial" (Reliability: 3).
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)
[S3521] Obituary in The Ottawa Journal, 29 June 1944 (Reliability: 3).
[S4] ON, Ottawa, Cathedrale, Mar. A-L, L-Z, 1827-1980, page 235, AMICUS No. 22369055.