Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant A. Chicoine, Mont Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 8 August 1944

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (Lieut. A. Chicoine) last in embossed case of issue, extremely fine (6) £100-£140

Aurele Chicoine was born at St. Liboire, Quebec, on 15 December 1916 and attested for the Canadian Forces in Montreal on 6 February 1942. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 8 August 1942, and was promoted Lieutenant on 9 October 1942. He was taken on the strength of the Mont Royal Fusiliers on 21 July 1944, and served during the Second World War in North West Europe from 30 July 1944. He was killed in action on 8 August 1944 and is buried in the Canadian War Cemetery, Bretteville-sur-Laize, France.

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