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Donald Gordon Wood

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Donald Gordon Wood

September 17, 1943
Camp Omine FU-5B, Kawasaki, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

E/30176

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal, Hong Kong Bar.

Additional Information

Born:

January 4, 1922
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 8, 1940
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec

Son of James Ernest Wood and Ella Kerr MacDonald, of Lac-Mégantic, Québec. James Ernest enrolled on 21 May 1918 with the 259th Battalion (Canadian Rifles), Siberian Expeditionary Corps, service number 2697765. He served in Québec and Vladivostok, Russia, where he returned from on 29 May 1919.

Donald Gordon stated being born in 1921 when he enlisted. He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,136 days of service, including 56 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 228 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Cdn Sec. B. E. 3.

Location:

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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