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Baptized James George Joseph Martin, at St. Patrick Church in Québec, 11 June 1911.
Son of Thomas John Martin and Mary Elizabeth Creighton, of Ville de Québec, Québec.
Enrolled in the 1st Ordnance Ammunition Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, as a clerk; posted on 6 October 1939 to the Deputy Provost Marshall as prison guard of German prisoners at the Cove Fields barracks, on the Plains of Abraham in Québec; deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada on 10 July 1940.
He served in Québec, in Sussex, New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,630 days of service, including 851 overseas.
His brothers also served in 1945, Gérard Martin, with the 35th Light Anti-Aircraft, Royal Canadian Artillery, Errol Martin, at camp Valcartier and, Joseph Martin at camp Borden, Ontario.
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Sergeant James Martin
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 379 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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