Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Frederick Breen
In memory of:
Corporal Frederick Breen
November 22, 1943
Niigata-Rinko 5B Camp Hospital, Japan
Military Service
E/30299
40
Army
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Étoile 1939-1945, Étoile du Pacifique, Médaille de Guerre 1939-1945, Médaille canadienne du volontaire avec barrette.
Additional Information
October 25, 1903
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
August 26, 1940
Valcartier, Quebec
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.
Commemorated on Page 139 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Canadian Sec. A. A. 10.
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.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
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.
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