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His full name is James Lake Mortimer.
Son of John Wilson Mortimer and Martha Margaretta Snell, of Elora, Ontario.
Enlisted with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, he served in Ontario before being deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, on 18 October 1941, to fight in Hong Kong with Force C; he was prisoner of war in Japan, where he died at the hospital.
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Commemorated on:
Page 399 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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