Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Sterling McKinley
In memory of:
Rifleman Sterling McKinley
April 9, 1944
Kawasaki, Japan
Military Service
E/29981
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Army
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
June 28, 1923
Campbellton, Restigouche, New Brunswick
July 31, 1940
Matapédia, Quebec
Baptized Stirling Weldon James McKinley, at the Presbyterian Church of Kempt Road, Pointe-à-la-Croix, Bonaventure, Québec, on 26 August 1923. He signed Sterling McKinley. Son of Weldon James McKinley and Mary Ellen Walls, of Broadlands, Bonaventure, Québec.
He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, when he was captured on 26 December 1941, and he was prisoner of war in Japan. He had 1,349 days of service, including 895 days overseas.
Commemorated on Page 388 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Sec. B. D. 16.
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.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of Sterling McKinley – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during Second World War 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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