Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Morton Alexander Irving
In memory of:
Rifleman Morton Alexander Irving
April 27, 1944
Camp Niigata-Tekko 15B, Japan
Military Service
E/30221
43
Army
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
January 29, 1901
Matapédia, Quebec
August 15, 1940
Matapédia, Quebec
Baptized Alexander Mortimer Irving on 5 March 1901 in Matapédia, Bonaventure, Québec, but his last name should have been spelled « Irvine ». He signed as Morton Irving.
Son of Alexander Irvine and Sara Firth.
Husband of Katherine Maria Fraser, of Matapédia, Bonaventure, Québec. Father of Desmond Alexander, Lewis Joseph, and of a premature baby girl born in May 1942 and died in June.
Wounded to the abdomen from a bayonet on 24 December 1941, he was captured on Christmas Day in St. Stephen hospital, where he witnessed the massacre of civilian medical staff and bedridden military patients.
Uncle of Harold John Irvine, service number E-30148, Royal Rifles of Canada, who was prisoner of war in Hong Kong and survived the war; of James Maxwell Irvine, service number G-22769, Royal Rifles of Canada, prisoner of war in Hong Kong and in Japan and also survived the war; of Alexander Edward Irvine (1921-1991) served in the Canadian Army in Belgium during the Second World War; of Rifleman Ronald Irvine, died in captivity in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong; and of Rifleman Glenford Irvine, died as prisoner of war in Hong Kong.
Commemorated on Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Sec. A. C. 10.
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Morton Irving – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
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