Lance Corporal BROCK, ORVAL E.

Day 2 of the breaching of the Hitler Line, south of Pontecorvo, Italy. The 48th had breached the Line, unassisted, after failed attempts by two other brigades. Day 2 saw the battalion deepening and expanding its bridgehead so that the Hastings and RCR could follow through.

NOK: Son of Francis George and Bertha May Brock, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Unit(s)
48th First Bn (WW 2)
Service number
B64765
Fate
Killed in action
Date of death
23-May-1944
Cemetery or memorial name
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Grave or panel reference
IX. H. 7.
Cemetery or memorial country
Italy
Age on date of death
24
Cause of death
Killed in action
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