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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 canada  CORPORAL
REGIMENTAL NUMBER / MATRICULE C/5569

 

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BIRTH AND DEATH INFORMATION / INFORMATION DE NAISSANCE ET DE DÉCÉS

Canada

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 no 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

AWARDS / DECORATIONS

Military medal canadien Canadian volunteer service medal Overseaserviceclasp 1939 1945 star Italy star Canadiandefense Warmedal193945
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.

Langue franc

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