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Rifleman Angus John Jacquard

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Military service

Service number: F/42667
Age: 22
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: August 2, 1921 Little River, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: October 30, 1939 Nova Scotia
Death: January 1, 1944 Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Japan

Burial/memorial information

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Cdn Sec. A. C. 12.
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Son of John Magloire Jacquard and Julienne (alias Julia) Anne Bond, of Little River Harbour, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

He enrolled with the West Nova Scotia Regiment, was deployed to 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, on 28 November 1940, served with Force W in Newfoundland, was transferred to Force C, was captured in Hong Kong and sent to force labour in Japan, from 15 August 1943 until the day he died, 1 January 1944, caused by a typhoon that swept his camp and hut. He had 1,524 days of service, including 796 overseas.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 344 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan

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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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