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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:40 am
This Remembrance Day I plan to go to the Milan War Cemetery http://www.passolento.it/milano/cimitero_guerra.htmThere are a few Canadians buried there, here is the list I could find: Name: BILLING, WILLIAM HENRY Initials: W H Nationality: Canadian Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 272 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Date of Death: 31/08/1944 Service No: J/88630 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Joint grave IV. C. 4.
Name: CROWELL, RICHARD ALVINZIE Initials: R A Nationality: Canadian Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 148 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 21 Date of Death: 12/09/1944 Service No: R/153348 Additional information: Son of Robert and Eva Mary Crowell, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave VI. C. 5-6.
Name: CURPHEY, GEORGE OAKES Initials: G O Nationality: Canadian Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Canadian Intelligence Corps Age: 31 Date of Death: 14/08/1943 Additional information: Son of William Frederick and Violet Emmeline Curphey, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 9.
Name: DAWSON, ERNEST ALBERT WESLEY Initials: E A W Nationality: Canadian Rank: Pilot Officer (Nav.) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 142 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Date of Death: 13/07/1944 Service No: J/88669 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave V. D. 1-5.
Name: FITCH, HEDLEY WILLIAM Initials: H W Nationality: Canadian Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 37 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 31 Date of Death: 24/11/1943 Service No: J/3485 Additional information: Son of Hedley John and Rose Agnes Fitch; husband of Mary Bernadette Fitch, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. A. 12.
Name: FREELAND, JOHN ROY Initials: J R Nationality: Canadian Rank: Pilot Officer Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 9 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 23 Date of Death: 29/09/1941 Service No: J/5342 Additional information: Son of John Anderson Freeland and Etta Yarker Love Freeland, of Timiskaming, Province of Quebec, Canada. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 7.
Name: FURMAN, RUSSEL MAX Initials: R M Nationality: Canadian Rank: Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 21 Date of Death: 17/07/1943 Service No: J/17917 Additional information: Son of Cornelius and Eva Furman, of Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. A. 10.
Name: GARLAND, STEWART FOSTER Initials: S F Nationality: Canadian Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 142 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 24 Date of Death: 14/07/1944 Service No: J/16208 Awards: D F C Additional information: Son of William Foster Garland and Margaret Garland, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 8.
Name: IRELAND, JAMES HOWARD Initials: J H Nationality: Canadian Rank: Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 148 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 20 Date of Death: 12/09/1944 Service No: R/162102 Additional information: Son of William H. and Jessie A. Ireland, of Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada; nephew of Olive M. Tarr, of Macgregor. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave VI. C. 5-6.
Name: JOYNT, ALFRED EARL Initials: A E Nationality: Canadian Rank: Flying Officer (Pilot) Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force Unit Text: 225 (R.A.F.) Sqdn Age: 28 Date of Death: 19/03/1945 Service No: J/29889If anyone wants a special pic or something from the Milan War Cemetery, please let me know. Otherwise I will post pics that I take later on Wednesday. Ortona and Villanova will have to wait until next year.

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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:40 pm
No one in particular for me M but I always look forward to your pics this time of year. Spectacular and painful all at once.. 
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:38 pm
I have no one in particular but I look forward to seeing the pics...Thanks Martin
R.I.P. #40 In Defense of Quebec~Bart Simpson 11/09/09....the day the earth stood still
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:26 am

not all who wander are lost..
if it has tits or wheels it will give you problems... designs by Nanza
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:28 am

not all who wander are lost..
if it has tits or wheels it will give you problems... designs by Nanza
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:30 am

not all who wander are lost..
if it has tits or wheels it will give you problems... designs by Nanza
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:31 am
A Servicewoman is also here: 

not all who wander are lost..
if it has tits or wheels it will give you problems... designs by Nanza
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:32 am

not all who wander are lost..
if it has tits or wheels it will give you problems... designs by Nanza
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:35 am

not all who wander are lost..
if it has tits or wheels it will give you problems... designs by Nanza
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:36 am
Thank you so much for sharing these with us 
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:37 am
No one was safe As I said the other day M - amazing and painful all at the same time Thanks for posting!
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:39 am

not all who wander are lost..
if it has tits or wheels it will give you problems... designs by Nanza
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:41 am

not all who wander are lost..
if it has tits or wheels it will give you problems... designs by Nanza
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:44 am
a couple of Czechoslovak soliders, what they are doing here I have no idea: first one is a Lieutenant second is a Captain. probably pilots.  local Italian boys: 

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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:44 am
Thanks Martin.
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