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![Gnr. Bernard S. Gallant](../../images/WWII/page195a.jpg)
GNR. BERNARD S. GALLANT |
Gnr. Bernard S.
Gallant, son of Linus Gallant and Agnes MacDonald, enlisted in the Canadian Army in April,
1942. He served in the artillery in Canada and Newfoundland.
He was discharged in May, 1946. |
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Tpr. Camille Joseph Gallant, son of
Ozile and Marie Anne Gallant, enlisted on July 19, 1940 and served in Canada with the 5th
Armoured Regiment. He was discharged August 7, 1941 for medical reasons. |
![Tpr. Camille Joseph Gallant](../../images/WWII/page195b.jpg)
TPR. CAMILLE JOSEPH GALLANT |
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![Pte. Charles Gallant](../../images/WWII/page196a.jpg)
PTE. CHARLES GALLANT |
Pte. Charles Gallant, son of
Isidore and Ursule Gallant, served in the "Regiment de la Chaudière" during
World War II. |
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Pte. Toussaint Clétus Gallant, son
of Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain Gallant, enlisted on January 29, 1943.
After his military training in Charlottetown, Sherbrooke, Qué.; Sussex,
N.B. and Debert, N. S., he went overseas in 1944 serving with the North Nova Scotia
Highlanders.
He was discharged on February 21, 1946. |
![Pte. Toussaint Clétus Gallant](../../images/WWII/page196b.jpg)
PTE. TOUSSAINT CLÉTUS GALLANT |
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![Seaman Cyril J. Gallant](../../images/WWII/page197a.jpg)
SEAMAN CYRIL J. GALLANT |
Seaman Cyril J. Gallant, son of Gilbert Gallant and Rose Haché, enlisted in the Canadian
Navy on June 19, 1941. He served on many ships while in the Navy, in Canadian and other
waters. Part of his service was with combined operations, landing troops ashore with
Landing Craft Assault and Landing Craft Mechanized. One night, out of Gibraltar, after
having landed troops in Italy, his ship was torpedoed; he managed to survive by holding on
to a dangling rope before being rescued by a Polish Destroyer; 17 Canadian seamen lost
their lives in this attack.
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He was discharged in May, 1946, re-enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, went
to Korea and was discharged after 25 years service December 9, 1971.
He received the following medals: 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star;
France/Germany Star; Defence Medal; C. V. S.M. with Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945; Korean
Medal, United Nations Medal. |
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Airman Cyril J. Gallant, son of
Joseph Octave and Estelle Gallant, enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps on July 29, 1942 and
served until his discharge on September 5, 1945. |
![Airman Cyril J. Gallant](../../images/WWII/page197b.jpg)
AIRMAN CYRIL J. GALLANT |
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![Pte. Cyril J. Gallant](../../images/WWII/page198a.jpg)
PTE. CYRIL J. GALLANT |
Pte. Cyril J. Gallant, son of Mr.
& Mrs. Henry S. Gallant, enlisted in the P.E.I. Highlanders on March 13, 1941 and
served in Dartmouth, Halifax, N.S., Quebec, and Newfoundland.
He was discharged in April, 1943. |
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Fusilier John Dolor Gallant, son of
Joseph B. Gallant and Marie Arsenault, enlisted in the Canadian Army in Halifax on July
11, 1940.
He served with the Princess Louise Fusiliers in Canada and the United
Kingdom.
He was discharged on August 25, 1945. He received the Canadian Volunteer
Service Medal. |
![Fusilier John Dolor Gallant](../../images/WWII/page198b.jpg)
FUSILIER JOHN
DOLOR GALLANT |
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![Cpl. J. Calixte Donat Gallant](../../images/WWII/page199a.jpg)
J. CALIXTE DONAT GALLANT |
Cpl. J. Calixte Donat Gallant, son of Cyrus P. Gallant and Edna Arsenault, enlisted in the
Royal Canadian Air Force in Summerside in 1940.
He served in Canada and Newfoundland during the Second World War.
Re-enlisting in 1948 as an aeroengine technician, he was posted to
Chatham, N.B. and in Whitehorse, Yukon, where he participated in Exercise
"Sweetbriar". He was also posted to Odihon, England for 11 months as well as
Chatham, N.B. and Greenwood, N.S. |
In 1953, he was sent to Keflavik, Iceland in a Lancaster and was killed on the return
trip, February 1, 1953. |
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Pte. Dorice Gallant, son of Thomas and Lucie Anne Gallant, enlisted in the army on June
10, 1944.
He served with the Black Watch and Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in
Canada, England, Holland, Belgium and Germany.
At the end of the war, he stayed with the occupation force until July,
1945.
He was discharged February 7, 1947. |
![Pte. Dorice Gallant](../../images/WWII/page199b.jpg)
PTE. DORICE GALLANT |
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