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Murray Thomas Goodenough

In memory of:

Lance Serjeant Murray Thomas Goodenough

December 22, 1943
Camp Tsurumi 3D, Yokohama, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

E/21892

Age:

18

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.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

July 5, 1925
Westbury, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 14, 1939
Bury, Quebec

Son of Thomas John Goodenough and Hilda Gertrude Kidd, of Cookshire, Québec.

Enrolled on June 25th, 1938 in the 7/11 Hussars - NPAM - regimental number 7, at Bury, Sherbrooke, Quebec, discharged on May 1st, 1940 after 199 days of service, then on June 14th, 1940 in the 94th Anti-Tank Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery, regimental number E-21892, transferred on November 15th, 1940 to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Rifles of Canada, he served in Québec, New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with W Force, in Ontario, in Hong Kong with C Force, and as a prisoner of war in Japan. He had 1,523 days of service, including 786 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 164 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. 12.

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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