Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Arthur Perreault
In memory of:
Corporal Arthur Perreault
April 10, 1944
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Japan
Military Service
E/29906
29
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
July 21, 1914
Fontenelle, Quebec
July 25, 1940
Gaspé, Quebec
Baptized Joseph Arthur Perrot, on 22 July 1914 in St-Majorique, Gaspé, Québec. Son of Théophile Perreault and Eliza Fournier, of Fontenelle, Québec. His brother, Isidore Perreault, service number E-19896, Royal Rifles of Canada, was prisoner of war in Hong Kong and in Japan; he survived the war.
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and was prisoner of war in Japan. He had 1,356 days of service, including 896 overseas.
Commemorated on Page 415 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. B. A. 2.
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.
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