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Private John Alfred Coady

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Military service

Service number: L/13478
Age: 19
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth: April 2, 1923 Scott, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: July 10, 1940 Regina, Saskatchewan
Death: October 9, 1942 Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: VIII. A. 26.
Additional information
Son of William Angelo Coady and Mary Devasteen Griffin, of Luseland, Saskatchewan. William Angelo enlisted in 1917 – NRMA – in the 14th Charlottetown Regiment, transferred on March 18th, 1918 to the Nova Scotia Regiment, regimental number 3204287, served in Nova Scotia, England, Fought in France with the 17th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, in 1943 with the 30th Company, 4th Platoon of the Veteran Guard of Canada (Alberta), regimental number L-32758. Brother of Sapper Vernon Coady, regimental number L-19253, 14th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineer. He survived combat in Europe.

Enlisted in the 12th District Depot, 2nd Division Infantry Rifles, served in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, transferred October 23rd, 1940 to Company A, 1st Battalion of Winnipeg Grenadiers, served in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 795 days of service, including 347 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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