Name: John Batiste Richard Rank: Private Service Number: F/86865 Service: West Nova Scotia Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: October 5, 1921 Place of Birth: Marcelville, Rogersville Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick Date of Enlistment: June 30, 1941 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 19 Occupation: Woodsman Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Isabel Richard (Mother) (at enlistment) Frank Richard (Father) Height: 5 feet, 4 ¼ inches Complexion: Fair Hair Colour: Brown Eye Colour: Brown Date of Death: December 14, 1943 Age: 22 Cemetery: Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Italy Grave: I, Row D, Grave 7 Commemorated on Page 207 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 27 John Batiste Richard was the son of Frank Anicet (or Anissette) Richard (b. 1898) and Elizabeth ‘Lézé or Lizzie’ May (Boucher) Richard (b. circa 1902) of Rogersville, New Brunswick, and the brother of Joseph Pierre Richard (b. 1924) and Joseph Guillaume ‘Willie’ Richard (b. circa 1931). His father also served in the Canadian Army in New Brunswick during the Second World War. John completed basic training at the No. 62 Canadian Infantry Basic Training Centre (CIBTC) from August 1 to September 30, 1941, and advanced training at No. 14 Canadian Infantry Training Centre at Aldershot in Kings Co., NS. He departed Canada Feb 28, 1942, disembarking in the United Kingdom on March 9, 1942. He landed in Sicily, Italy on August 27, 1943, and was hospitalized before joining the West Nova Scotia Regiment on September 28, 1943. Private John Batiste was killed in action in Italy on December 14, 1943. He was initially interred in Lanciano near San Leonardo and reinterred at the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery in San Donato, in the Commune of Ortona, Italy.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave