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Military service
Service number:
A/23153
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 9, 1923
Detroit
Enlistment:
July 14, 1941
Ontario
Death:
May 4, 1943
Camp Omine FU-5B, Fukuoka, Japan
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Canadian Section B. E. 2.
Additional information
Son of George Wesley Murray and Vera Mable Smith, of Walled Lake, Michigan. He stated being born in 1922 when he enlisted.
Enlisted with the Essex Scottish Regiment, he was deployed to the Royal Rifles of Canada on 23 October 1941. He served in Ontario and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 660 days of service, including 554 overseas.
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Commemorated on:
Page 197 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.
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