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Baptized William Rudley Chinell at the Anglican Church of Île d’Entrée, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec.
Son of Paul Chenelle and Phoebe Welsh. Husband of Irena Welsh, of Île d'Entrée, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec.
He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,334 days of service, including 907 overseas.
The following people from Entry Island, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, are all brothers and/or cousins that served during the Second World War. They served with the Royal Rifles of Canada or the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, unless indicated otherwise. Eight died in service.
Edward Carleton Aitkens died in Japan.
Thomas Robert Aitkens, RCNVR, survived the war.
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Deighton Aitken died in Hong Kong.
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John Maxwell Chenell died in Hong Kong.
William Radley Chenell died in Japan.
James Chenell, RCNVR, survived the war.
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Albert Benjamin Chenell died in Japan.
Bernard Leslie Chenell, E-30389, prisoner of war in Japan.
George Borden Chenell, E-30379, prisoner of war in Japan.
Edward Bahan Chenell, E-30403, prisoner of war in Hong Kong.
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Ancil Josey, E-30390, prisoner of war in Japan.
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Ernest Edwin Welsh, E-30397, prisoner of war in Hong Kong.
Arthur Lloyd Welsh, RCNVR, survived the war.
Allen Benjamin Welsh died in Hong Kong.
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Delbert William Louis Welsh died in Hong Kong.
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Melvin Burton Welsh died in Japan.
George Walter Welsh survived the war.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William Radley Chenell
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Rifleman William Radley Chenell
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Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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