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Baptized Alexander Mortimer Irving on 5 March 1901 in Matapédia, Bonaventure, Québec, but his last name should have been spelled « Irvine ». He signed as Morton Irving.
Son of Alexander Irvine and Sara Firth.
Husband of Katherine Maria Fraser, of Matapédia, Bonaventure, Québec. Father of Desmond Alexander, Lewis Joseph, and of a premature baby girl born in May 1942 and died in June.
Wounded to the abdomen from a bayonet on 24 December 1941, he was captured on Christmas Day in St. Stephen hospital, where he witnessed the massacre of civilian medical staff and bedridden military patients.
Uncle of Harold John Irvine, service number E-30148, Royal Rifles of Canada, who was prisoner of war in Hong Kong and survived the war; of James Maxwell Irvine, service number G-22769, Royal Rifles of Canada, prisoner of war in Hong Kong and in Japan and also survived the war; of Alexander Edward Irvine (1921-1991) served in the Canadian Army in Belgium during the Second World War; of Rifleman Ronald Irvine, died in captivity in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong; and of Rifleman Glenford Irvine, died as prisoner of war in Hong Kong.
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Rifleman Morton Alexander Irving
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Rifleman Morton Alexander Irving
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Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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