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Rifleman Thomas Wellington Snear

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Military service

Service number: E/30461
Age: 24
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: November 20, 1919 Campbellton, New Brunswick
Enlistment: June 20, 1941 New Brunswick
Death: February 1, 1944 Niigata-Rinko 5B Camp Hospital, Japan

Burial/memorial information

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Sec. B. B. 4.
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Son of Ansley Snear and Mary Louise Kaine of Campbellton, New Brunswick.

Nephew of Private James Albert Kaine, who died of tuberculosis while serving with the Canadian Infantry, 132nd Battalion CEF (Quebec Regiment) and Private Benjamin Edward Kaine, who died at Vimy Ridge while serving with 87th Battalion, CEF.

Thomas served in Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C and Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,607 days of service, including 828 overseas.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 448 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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