Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Roderick (Roy) McLeod
In memory of:
Rifleman Roderick (Roy) McLeod
March 3, 1944
Niigata-Rinko 5B, Japan
Military Service
B/41357
43
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
August 3, 1900
Glasgow, Scotland
July 22, 1940
Niagara Camp, Ontario
His full name is Roderick Morrison (alias Roy) McLeod. Son of John McLeod and Millicent Miller.
He served with the 38th Dufferin Rifles, then with the 215th Battalion, CEF, service number 270445, from 15 June 1916 to 11 April 1917 because he was too young for overseas service, and with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Central Ontario Regiment, service number 3310783, from 20 January 1918 until he was demobilized on 17 June 1919.
His brother, John McLeod, was wounded in action at Hill 70, in France, during the First World War while serving with the Australian Army.
Commemorated on Page 390 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
Cdn. Sec. B. C. 4.
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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