Name: Gervase Benedict Rendell Rank: Private Service Number: F/97653 Service: 48th Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: May 19, 1921 Place of Birth: Florence, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: April 23, 1942 Place of Enlistment: Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 20 Address at Enlistment: Florence, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Height: 5 feet, 10 ¼ inches Complexion: Fair Hair Colour: Light Brown Eye Colour: Hazel Marital Status: Single Occupation: Miner Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Gerald Rendell (Father), Florence, NS (at enlistment) Bessie Rendell (as of August 11, 1943) Date of Death: July 29, 1943 Age: 22 Memorial: Cassino Memorial, Italy Reference: Panel 14 Commemorated on Page 206 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 26 Gervase Benedict Rendell was the son of Jeremiah Rendell (1873-1948), and of Mary Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ (Gallant) Rendell (1886-1969, of Florence, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and the brother of Cordelia May (Rendell) Brogan (b. 1909), Agnes C. (Rendell) O’Neil (b. 1918), and Mark Jeremiah Rendell (1923- 1968). After enlisting in April, Gervase began basic training on May 21, 1942, at the No. 61 Canadian Infantry Basic Training Centre (CABTC 61) in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, until July 17, 1942. Upon completion of training and embarkation leave before his departure, he boarded a ship on August 22, 1942, in Halifax, NS, disembarking in the United Kingdom on August 31st. He later embarked in the UK on June 13, 1943, disembarked in the Mediterranean Theatre July 10, 1943. July 10, 1943, marked the 1st day of Operation Husky, the Allied landing at Sicily. Private Gervase suffered a gun shot wound in his upper left thigh July 25, 1943, in combat in Sicily. He was evacuated to the hospital ship HMHS Aba in the Mediterranean and died of the wounds received in action 4 days later July 29th. The record indicates he was buried at sea on July 30, 1943, at a position 32.55 N., 13.24 E. in the Mediterranean. Gervase Rendell is remembered on the Cassino War Memorial in Italy.