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Remembering World War II
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.
Gervase Benedict Rendell
