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He served with the 7/11 Hussars – NPAM – from 1938 to 1940 and was integrated in the regular forces of the same regiment. Deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada on 2 September 1940. He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war.
His death was recorded on 5 August 1943 and he was buried in the USAF Cemetery No 1 in Yokohama, Japan, Allied Plot, row 10, grave 20. He was exhumed by the 38th Australian War Graves Unit on 26 September 1946 and reburied Yokohama War Cemetery.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 184 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan
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