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He was born on 6 June 1924 in Deeside (now. Matapédia), Bonaventure, Québec, and was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Pointe-à-la-Croix, Bonaventure, on 3 October 1927.
Son of Frederick Chapman MacNaughton and Gertrude Alma Beatrice Barter, of Matapedia, Bonaventure Co., Québec.
He stated being born on 7 June 1921 when he enlisted.
His brother, Graydon MacNaughton, service number E-30028, Royal Rifles of Canada, was also a prisoner of war in Hong Kong and in Japan and survived the war.
Alden was incinerated in Yokohama, Japan, and his urn was placed at the mausoleum, in the Canadian Wall, niche A.D.5, before being exhumed on 14 September 1946 and buried.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 375 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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