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Rifleman Clement Cyr

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Military service

Service number: E/30414
Age: 27
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: November 23, 1917 New Richmond, Bonaventure
Enlistment: September 5, 1940
Death: June 7, 1945 Camp Omine 5B, Fukuoka, Japan

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Sec. B. D. 12.
Additional information

He was born under the name of Clémentin Cyr.


Son of Adélard Cyr and Malvina Cyr of New Richmond, Québec. Brother of Rifleman Leon Cyr, regimental number E-30355, and Augustin Cyr, regimental number E-30357, of the Royal Rifles of Canada, also prisoners of war in Hong Kong and Japan. They survived the war.


Served in Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland with W Force, Hong Kong with C Force, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,829 days of service, including 1,411 overseas.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 507 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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