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Rifleman David Syvret

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Military service

Service number: E/29879
Age: 24
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: August 16, 1919 Belle Anse, Gaspésie
Enlistment: July 25, 1940
Death: January 30, 1944 Niigata-Rinko 5B, Japan

Burial/memorial information

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Sec. B. B. 7.
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Son of Alfred Syvret and Rachel Misson, of Belle Anse, Québec. His brother, Private Charles Syvret, served in Europe during the Second World War, and he survived the war.

David served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan where he died as prisoner of war.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 457 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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