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Rifleman Peter Doucett

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Military service

Service number: G/18332
Age: 25
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: December 25, 1918 Jardineville, New Brunswick
Enlistment: May 21, 1940 Richibucto, New Brunswick
Death: February 5, 1944 Japan

Burial/memorial information

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Sec. B. C. 10.
Additional information
Son of Alexandre Doucet and Caroline Brun of Jardineville, Kent, New Brunswick. Brother of soldiers George, Albert and Howard Doucett, who fought in Europe during the Second World War. They survived the conflict.

Enrolled in the Carleton and York Regiment in New Brunswick, served in Nova Scotia, transferred on November 28th, 1940 to the 1st Battalion Royal Rifles of Canada, served in Québec, Newfoundland with W Force, Hong Kong with C Force, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,356 days of service, including 831 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

Commemorated on:

Page 293 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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