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Harold Earl Gibbons

In memory of:

Rifleman Harold Earl Gibbons

January 2, 1944
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

A/44596

Age:

22

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:

March 2, 1921
Owen Sound, Ontario

Enlistment:

June 23, 1940
London, Ontario

Son of Bernie Albert Gibbons and Sarah Irene Quinn, of Woodford, Ontario. Brother of Gunner Arthur Eldon Gibbons, who served in Europe during the Second World War and survived the conflict.

Enrolled in the Elgin Regiment in London, Ontario, transferred June 4th, 1941 to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, served in Ontario, Québec, Hong Kong with C Force, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,289 days of service, including 797 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 314 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:

Cdn. Sec. A. B. 11.

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 March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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