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Military service
Service number:
E/30291
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 18, 1921
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
August 26, 1940
Death:
January 28, 1945
Camp Omine (FU-5B), Kawasaki, Japan
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. E. 15.
Additional information
Son of Edward Herbert Blank and Martha Ernestine Altstadt, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,614 days of service, including 1,189 overseas.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 496 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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