BRANT Huron Eldon - C/5569 (NA)

OUR REFERENCE / NOTRE REFERENCE : 16169

The hasting and prince edward regiment

A company

The Hasting and Prince Edward Regiment

1st canadian division

CANADIAN ARMY

RANK / GRADE		CORPORAL
REGIMENTAL NUMBER / MATRICULE	C/5569

BIRTH AND DEATH INFORMATION / INFORMATION DE NAISSANCE ET DE DÉCÉS

	DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY) DATE DE NAISSANCE	30/12/1909
	CITY / VILLE	Deseronto
	STATE / PROVINCE	Ontario
	COUNTRY / PAYS	Canada

ETHNIC GROUP - ETHNIE	Native American
NATIONALITY - NATIONALITÉ	Mohawk
GENDER / GENRE	Men

DATE OF DEATH - DATE DE DÉCÉS (DD/MM/YYYY)	14/10/1944
AGE	36
CAUSE	Killed in action

CEMETERY - CIMETIERE
NAME / NOM	Cesena War cemetery
CITY / VILLE	Cesena
STATE / ETAT	Forli
COUNTRY / PAYS	ITALY
GRAVE / SEPULTURE	3 F 16

CIVIL LIFE INFORMATION / INFORMATION SUR LA VIE CIVILE

WORK / TRAVAIL

Motor Mecanic

FATHER - PERE	MOTHER - MERE	SPOUSE / HUSBAND - EPOUSE / EPOUX
	Elizabeth brant	Irene brant

MILITARY LIFE INFORMATION / INFORMATION SUR LA VIE MILITAIRE

WAR / GUERRE

1939-1945 : 2nd WORLD WAR - 2eme GUERRE MONDIALE

DRAFT OR VOLUNTEER

CONSCRIT OU VOLONTAIRE

SERVICE OVERSEAS

SERVICE OUTRE MER

PRISONER OF WAR

PRISONNIER DE GUERRE

CITIZEN

CITOYEN

Volunteer

yes

unknow

WOUNDS / BLESSURES

1 : 19/12/1943 - Gully battle

2 : 16/04/1944 - blessé au testicule - injured at testicle

3: 26/05/1944 - Psychonévrose - Psychoneurosis

ENLISTMENT / ENROLEMENT
DATE (DD/MM/YYYY)	24/04/1940
PLACE / LIEU	Picton, Ontario
UNITÉ / UNIT	The Hasting and Prince Edward Regiment
AGE	30

DISCHARGE / DEMOBILISATION
DATE (DD/MM/YYYY)
PLACE / LIEU
CAUSE

TRANSFER / TRANSFERT
DATE AND UNIT / DATE ET UNITÉ	DATE AND RANK / DATE ET GRADE
	04/08/1943 : Lance corporal
	16/11/1943 : Corporal

HOSPITAL / HOPITAL
DATE (DD/MM/YYYY)	CAUSE
19/12/1943	blessé et Epuisement psychiatrique - Wounded and psychiatric exhaustion
18/04/1944 - 16/05/1944	blessé au testicule - injured at testicle
26/05/1944 - 31/05/1944	Psychonévrose - Psychoneurosis

BATTLE / BATAILLE
FIGHTING / A COMBATTU	AWARDS / MÉDAILLES	DEAD / DÉCÉS	WOUNDS / BLESSURES

	SICILY . 9 july - 17 august 1943
	GRAMMICHELLE : 15 july 1943
	VALGUARNERA : 17 - 19 july 1943
	ASSORO : 20 - 22 july 1943
	AGIRA : 24 - 28 july 1943
	ADRANO : 29 july - 7 august 1943
	REGALBUTO : 29 july - 3 august 1943
	LANDING AT REGGIO : 03 september 1943
	MOTTA MONTECORNIVO : 1 - 3 october 1943
	CAMPOBASSO : 11 - 14 october 1943
	TORELLA : 5 - 7 december 1943
	MORO RIVER : 24 - 27 october 1943
	SAN LEONARDO : 8 - 9 december 1943
	GULLY : 10 - 19 december 1943
	ORTONA : 20 - 28 december 1943
	CASSINO II : 11 - 18 may 1944
	GUSTAVE LINE : 11 - 18 may 1944
	LIRI VALLEY : 18 - 30 may 1944
	LIGNE HITLER : 18 - 24 may 1944
	GOTHIC LINE : 25 august - 22 september 1944
	MISANO RIDGE : 3 - 5 september 1944
	RIMINI LINE : 14 - 21 september 1944
	SAN FORTUNATO : 18 - 20 september 1944
	BULGARIA VILLAGE : 13 - 14 september 1944

AWARDS / DECORATIONS


Military Medal	Canadian Volunter medal	Oversea clasp	39-45 Star	italy star	defense medal	war medal

VARIOUS INFORMATION / INFORMATIONS DIVERSES

Langue angl

Son of Elizabeth Brant from Deseronto, Ontario. Husband of Irene Brant, from
Deseronto.
Cpl. Huron Brant of Ontario's Bay of Quinte Band was decorated with the Military Medal
in Italy in 1943 by General Bernard Montgomery for bravery at Grammichele in Sicily.

11/10/1942 : Apprehended by civil police at London – acquitted and
released on 16/11/1942

15/07/1943 : Military medal during the Grammichelle battle.

Fils de Elizabeth Brant de Deseronto, Ontario. Epoux de Irene Brant de
Deseronto.
Cpl.Brant de l'Ontario a été décorée de la médaille militaire en Italie en 1943 par
le général Bernard Montgomery pour sa bravoure à Grammichele en Sicile.

11/10/1942: arrêté par la police civile à Londres - acquitté et libéré le
16/11/1942

15/07/1943: Médaille militaire lors de la bataille de Grammichelle

AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS / DOCUMENTS DISPONIBLES

DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS DISPONIBLES	NUMBER AVAILABLE NOMBRE DISPONIBLE	LINK TO THE DOCUMENT / LIEN VERS LE DOCUMENT
ENLIST PAPER / FEUILLE D'ENROLEMENT		DOCUMENTS
SOLDIER PICTURES / PHOTO DU SOLDAT	1
CEMETERY PLAN / PLAN DU CIMETIERE	1
GRAVE PICTURE / PHOTO DE LA TOMBE	1
CANADIAN REMEMBER BOOKS LIVRE DU SOUVENIR CANADIEN	1
OTHER DOCUMENTS / DOCUMENTS DIVERS	7
MILITARY FILES / DOSSIER MILITAIRE	1	MILITARY FILES

SOURCES

Commonwealth war graves commission
- National archives of canada – PA 130065
- second world war book of remembrance
- BAC/LAC RG24 – volume 25235 – item 3821
- BAC/LAC CG39 – volume 8 – reference 2004-01505-5
-the maple leaf project

Researched and compiled by CASTELNOT yann

Last edited: 24/09/2019