Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Martin
In memory of:
Sergeant James Martin
February 25, 1944
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Hong Kong
Military Service
E/17046
32
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 3, 1911
Quebec City, Quebec
September 9, 1939
Quebec City, Quebec
Baptized James George Joseph Martin, at St. Patrick Church in Québec, 11 June 1911.
Son of Thomas John Martin and Mary Elizabeth Creighton, of Ville de Québec, Québec.
Enrolled in the 1st Ordnance Ammunition Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, as a clerk; posted on 6 October 1939 to the Deputy Provost Marshall as prison guard of German prisoners at the Cove Fields barracks, on the Plains of Abraham in Québec; deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada on 10 July 1940. He served in Québec, in Sussex, New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,630 days of service, including 851 overseas.
His brothers also served in 1945, Gérard Martin, with the 35th Light Anti-Aircraft, Royal Canadian Artillery, Errol Martin, at camp Valcartier and, Joseph Martin at camp Borden, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 379 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. A. D. 10.
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 James Martin – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 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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