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Military service
Service number:
E/30487
Age:
27
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 1, 1916
Percé
Enlistment:
September 12, 1940
Death:
February 27, 1944
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B Hospital, Japan
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Cdn. Sec. B. A. 4.
Additional information
Son of Joseph William Pidgeon and Maria (alias Mary) Leboutillier, of Percé (Québec).
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,264 days of service, including 855 overseas.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 417 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan
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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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