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Elmer William Cole

In memory of:

Company Quarter Master Sergeant Elmer William Cole

March 16, 1944
Yumoto Camp, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

E/30215

Age:

45

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

February 18, 1899
Moncton, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

August 16, 1940
Chicoutimi, Quebec

Son of George Abner Oliver Cole and Ruzullah (aka Rosilla) Rogers. Husband of Dorothy Charlotte Ellen Taylor of Sussex, New Brunswick.

His father served in the First World War with the 2nd New Brunswick Forestry Company B of the Canadian Pioneer Corps, regimental number 2303886, in England and fought in France with the 31st Company of the Canadian Pioneer Corps.

Elmer was the father of Alma Dorothy Matilde, Philip Anthony George, Rodney Elmer, Private Bliss Thomas, Royal Rifles of Canada, regimental number E/30079, a prisoner of war in Hong Kong and Japan, Donald Stanley, Private Frank Charles, who fought in Europe in that conflict and survived the war, Beatrice Ilena, Isabelle Lottie, Gladys Florence, Verna Evelyn, Betty Victoria, Shirley Mable, Margory Rose, and Robert Cole, all of New Brunswick.

A veteran of the First World War, he enlisted by misrepresenting his age on December 28th, 1915 in Moncton, New Brunswick, with the 145th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 832057, fought in France with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, wounded in action and gassed at Vimy on June 5, 1917, discharged at Quebec City, Quebec on September 11th, 1919, having been awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the Class A War Service Badge number 322593.

During the Second World War, he served in Quebec, Newfoundland with W Force, Hong Kong with C Force, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,309 days of service, including 871 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 276 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Sec. A. A. 13.

Location:

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.

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    Biography – In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.
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    Biography – In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.
  • Biography– In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.

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    Biography – In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.
  • Biography– In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.

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    Biography – In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.
  • Biography– In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.

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    Biography
    Biography – In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.
  • Biography– In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.

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    Biography
    Biography – In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.
  • Biography– In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.

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    Biography
    Biography – In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.
  • Biography– In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.

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    Biography – In 2012, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars.

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