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Military service
Service number:
E/30299
Age:
40
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 25, 1903
Enniskillen
Enlistment:
August 26, 1940
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
November 22, 1943
Niigata-Rinko 5B Camp Hospital, Japan
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Canadian Sec. A. A. 10.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Breen and Elizabeth Willison. Husband of Elma Miriam Kokkonen (alias Kokko), of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Father of Marjorie Elizabeth and Victor Frederick Breen.
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,184 days of service, including 758 overseas.
Additional citations
Étoile 1939-1945, Étoile du Pacifique, Médaille de Guerre 1939-1945, Médaille canadienne du volontaire avec barrette.
Digital gallery of Corporal Frederick Breen
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Photo of Frederick Breen
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Frederick Breen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 139 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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