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Private John Unger Friesen

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Military service

Service number: H/6951
Age: 37
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth: January 11, 1907 Gretna, Manitoba
Enlistment: June 20, 1941 Manitoba
Death: February 2, 1944 Camp Oeyama, Osaka, Japan

Burial/memorial information

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Cdn. Sec. B. C. 12.
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His real name is Johann (aka John) Unger Friesen. Son of Henrich S. (aka Peter) Friesen and Henrietta P.F. Unger of Steinbach, Manitoba.

Served in Manitoba, Hong Kong with Force C, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 958 days of service, including 828 overseas.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Friesen Lake located north of Lake Solmundsson in his honor in 1995.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 310 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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