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Baptized at Grindstone Anglica Chirch, Entry Island, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, under his mother’s family last name James Stanford McPhail, adopted by Henry and Nancy Welsh.
Son of Molenne McPhail. Husband of Mary Eva Diola Welsh. Father of Mary Agnes Rosalie, Ernie Lloyd, Stanford Alvin, Lawrence Edwin and Gordon Arlie Welsh, all from Entry Island, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec. His widow remarried Bernard Leslie Chenell, service number E-30389, Royal Rifles of Canada, prisoner of war in Hong Kong and Japan.
James served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and was prisoner of war. He had 770 days of service, including 343 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Photo of JAMES STANFORD WALSH
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.
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Corporal James Stanford Walsh
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Page 122 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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