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Rupert Charles Englehart

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Rupert Charles Englehart

February 28, 1943
Military Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

E/29983

Age:

38

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, Defence Medal Hong Kong Bar.

Additional Information

Born:

December 24, 1904
Wyer's Brook, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

July 31, 1940
Matapédia, Quebec

Son of Charles Henry Englehart and Mary Elizabeth Hacket. Husband of Alice Marie Bella Parker. Father of Shirley Englehart.

Served in Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 943 days of service, including 489 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 157 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:

Canadian Sec. A. B. 4.

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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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Rupert Englehart– 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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    Photo of Rupert Englehart – 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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