Nova Scotia Casualties of the Far East and Pacific Campaigns

Wartime Heritage ASSOCIATION

WWII Casualties of the Far East and Pacific Campaigns with Connection to Nova Scotia

Acorn, John Murdock Allen, Conan Thompson Anthony, Gordon Allan Atwood, Percy Coleman Bacon, Roland Clinton Balfe, William Sewall Bent, Howard Norman Bishop, Charles Frederick Blackadar, Thomas Read Bowser, Frederick Lloyd Brown, Leroy Elmer Burns, Howard Thomas Cahill, James Elmer Cameron, Grahame Bruce Chadsey, Clinton Joseph Chadsey, William Lyman Chambers, George Dunn Chisholm, Donald William Church, Thomas Edward Connery, Paul James Conrad Jr., Wilbert Leon Cook, James Nelson Cormier, Leo Abbey Cosman, Robert Le Roy Crosby, Frank Killam Culleton, Wellington Cummings, Aaron S. (Cohan) Currie, Ewen Cameron Curry, John Southworth Davidson, Donald George Delong, Weldon Fader Deveau, Darie Joseph Downey, James Bazil Ellis, Lyle Leonard Fisk, Edwin (Edward) William Flynn, Lawrence Holmes Fraser, Gordon Summerell Fullerton, Donald Alexander Gillis, Alexander Hugh Goodman, John Claydon Gormley, John Eugene Green, Dermott Joseph Harris, Arthur Hugh Hubbard, Fred L. Hunt, Leonard Clifton Hussey, Charles Frederick Jacquard, Angus John Kaler, James Woodrow Kelley, Robert Grey King, Joseph Victor King, Silas Victor Laffin, William Alfred LeBlanc, James LeGay Jr., Percy Henry Lewis, Kenneth Leaman Lockhart, Hugh William Lowe, Peter Innes Luxton, Donald Freeman Lyman, Arthur Rodney MacAskill, Wilrod MacDonald, Charles Francis MacLaughlin, Thomas MacLean, Charles Lewis MacLean, Robert James MacLeod, Lloyd George Matheson Jr., Bruce Frederick McCue, James Harry McDaniel, Wilfred Angus McGrath, William Joseph McGuire, Frank Charles McIsaac, Joseph McSween, Neil Duff Merriam, Karl McCormick Meuse, John Joseph, Jr. Meuse, Leonard Francis Meuse, William Frederick,Jr Moore, Walter Leslie Morris, Currie Boland Morvan, Simon E Murray, John Douglas Newell, Everett Elroy Nicholson, Joseph Gordon Nicol, Kenneth David Ogilvie, Harold Brengle Oliver, Fulton John Patterson, James Richard Peacock, George Raymond Pelton, Maurice Noble Penney , Charles Wilfred Quinlan, Philip Douglas Ray, Irvin Kirwin Raymond, Harold David Rigby, Sidney Clare Robertson, Walker Copeland Robison, James Linton Roblee, Lloyd Logan Rogers, John Delmont Rogers, William Bennet Ross, James Finlay Rutherford, Archibald R. Ryer, Malcolm Ernest Sarty, Perry Silver, Blanchard Sydney Sim, Alec Monroe Surette, Henry Andrew Surette, Joseph Jeremiah Surrette, Ernest Eugene Swimm, Marshall Franklyn Taylor, Lloyd Elwin Thibeault, Jerry Louis Tinker Jr, Clarence Leonard Tinker Sr, Clarence Leonard Truesdell, Glenn Cecil Sr. Wallace, Walter Allison Westhaver, Clayton McLeod Westhaver, John McLeod Wiles, Adrian Curtis Woodman, Samuel Driffield Wright, Albert Edward Wyrwas, Frederick Arnold

WWII Casualties of the Far East and Pacific Campaigns with Connection to Nova Scotia

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Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. 113 RAF Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force 511th Airborne Inf.Regt, 11th Airborne Div., US Army Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. 7th Rajput Regiment 9th Bombardment Sqd., 7th Bombardment Gp., US AAF Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. Headquarters Squadron, XIII Bomber Command Headquarters Squadron, US Air Army Force SS John W. MacKay (London), Canadian Merchant Navy 5307th Composite Unit, (Merrill's Marauders) US Army United States Marine Corps 493rd Quartermaster Depot Company, US Army 28th Materiel Squadron, 20th Air Base Group, USAAF 36th Bomber Squadron 28th Bomber Group, USAAF USS Emmons, United States Navy 2/10th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 8th Garrison Battalion, Australian Company B, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, US Marine Corps 3rd Marine Division, USMC 132nd Infantry, 7th Infantry Division, US Army 172nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Division, US Army Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. SS John Straub (Armed American Merchant Ship) SS Yarmouth, US Merchant Navy Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. 491st Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Gp. USAAF Royal Canadian Air Force USS Kalk (DD-611) United States Navy USS Halligan, United States Navy United States Marine Corps USS Mississinewa, US Navy Reserve United States Marine Corps Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps 287th Field Company, Royal Engineers, British Army Company C, 1st Raider Battalion, USMC US Navy Reserve 10th Baluch Regiment, Indian Army USS Northhampton, US Navy British Royal Artillery, 9th Coast Regiment 400th Bomber Squadron 90th Bomber, USAAF Royal Canadian Corps of Signals 215 RAF Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, US Army 675 Bomber Squardon, 417 Bomber Group, USAAF USS Pochard (AM375) US Navy Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. USS Drexler (DD-741) US Navy 43rd Bomber Squadron, 29th Bomber Group, USAAF SS Yat Shing (Hong Kong) 776th Amphibious Tank Battalion, US Army 5307th Composite Unit, US Army (Merrill's Marauders) SS Centaur ((Liverpool, England), Australian MN USS Johnston (DD-557) US Navy C Battery, 60th Coast Artillery Regt., (Anti-Aircraft), US Army 172nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division, US Army Royal Artillery Battery D, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regt, 1st Div., USMC Co. I, 3rd Batt., 25th Marines, 4th Marine Div., USMC 337th Field Artillery, US Army 421st Bomb Squadron, 504th Bomb Gp, 21st Air Force USAAF Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. Naval Construction Force (Seabees), United States Navy Royal Canadian Air Force Company C, 145th Armored Infantry Regiment, US Army 1st Marines, Ist Marine Division, USMC (KIA Pacific) 3850th QM Truck Co., 73rd QM Battalion, Mobile, QMC Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, US Army 357 RAF Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force 128th Infantry 32nd Division, US Army Company "I" 182nd Inf. Regt, Americal Division, US Army United States Marine Corps Reserve Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. USS Abner Read, US Navy US Infantry HQ/Service Company, 7th Marine Regiment, USMC 117 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force USS Flier (SS-250), U.S. Submarine Force 11th Air Force, 28th Bombardment Group, 404th Bomb Sqd. USS Amberjack (SS-219), U.S. Submarine Force USS Hornet, Torpedo Squadron 2 Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. 26th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, USMC 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army Company K. 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Div. US Army USS Juneau, US Navy Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. Co. N, 5th Batt., 11th Marine Regt., 1st Marine Div., USMC United States Naval Reserve India-China Div., Air Transport Command, USAAF USAT Elijah White, US Merchant Navy Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. USS Runner, (SS-275) US Submarine Force, US Navy Royal Canadian Air Force HMS Formidable, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C. Company A, 264th Medical Battalion, US Army Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. United States Naval Reserve US Marine Corps Reserve Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. United States Marine Corps Company I, 103rd Inf. Regt., 43rd Infantry Division, US Army United States Marine Corps Royal Canadian Air Force USS Capelin (SS-289), U.S. Submarine Force Hd Squadron, 14 Fighter Group USAAF Commander United States Air Force, Hawaii, US 882nd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bomb Group, USAAF 160 RAF Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force USS Ulysses (ARB-9) (Army Repair ship) Okinawa, US Navy Bomb. Gp (Light),48th Bn Sq, USAAF USS Swanson (DD443) United States Naval Reserve Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

December 23, 1941 November 10, 1942 December 15, 1944 December 23, 1941 March 13, 1945 November 25, 1943 September 7, 1945 March 1, 1944 October 24, 1944 September 6, 1943 April 1, 1944 July 7, 1944 September 17, 1943 August 25, 1942 January 21, 1943 April 6, 1945 December 26, 1942 June 23, 1941 August 10, 1942 December 15, 1943 April 15, 1945 July 27, 1943 October 16, 1942 April 19, 1944 March 8, 1944 November 2, 1943 September 5, 1944 December 7, 1943 June 12, 1944 March 26, 1945 November 3, 1942 November 20, 1944 March 8, 1945 March 17, 1944 December 15, 1943 July 9, 1943 February 15, 1945 November 15, 1942 December 1, 1942 July 3, 1943 October 12, 1943 March 3, 1945 January 3, 1945 March 11, 1944 January 11, 1945 August 1, 1945 January 1, 1944 May 28, 1945 June 15, 1945 February 19, 1944 January 21, 1945 May 18,1944 May 14, 1943 October 25, 1944 December 14, 1944 July 18, 1943 October 6, 1944 January 30, 1943 February 21, 1945 September 14, 1943 May 24, 1945 November 28, 1942 December 25, 1941 January 26, 1945 April 29, 1942 August 3, 1945 May 13, 1945 August 14, 1944 December 23, 1941 December 19, 1941 December 23, 1941 December 27, 1943 April 1, 1945 July 15, 1944 November 20, 1942 July 22, 1944 December 23, 1941 August 18, 1943 March 31, 1945 May 9, 1945 February 14, 1945 August 13, 1944 November 18, 1943 February 16, 1943 September 21, 1944 October 23, 1942 February 19, 1945 April 6, 1944 April 20, 1945 November 13, 1942 November 13, 1943 October 14, 1942 October 19, 1944 September 24, 1944 January 1, 1946 April 21, 1944 July 11, 1943 June 21, 1945 July 30, 1945 December 5, 1943 December 24, 1945 November 15, 1943 March 11, 1945 July 20, 1943 December 25, 1941 June 26, 1945 July 23rd, 1943 May 6, 1945 April 22, 1945 December 2, 1943 May 18, 1943 June 7, 1942 January 23, 1945 October 26, 1943 October 7, 1945 October 7, 1945 September 29, 1944 August 17, 1945 February 18, 1940 December 24, 1944

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120 with connection to Nova Scotia would make the ultimate sacrifice serving in the Far East and the Pacific Campaign. They are remembered on Memorials and in Cemeteries in Hong Kong, Burma (Myanmar), Japan, Australia, Philippines, Singapore, Hawaii, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, and the United States. Updated: November 13, 2023

Pictou Cumberland Queens Shelburne Cumberland Halifax Kings Annapolis (NS Parent) Yarmouth (NS Parent) Halifax Kings (NS Born Parents) Cape Breton (NS Born Parent) Halifax Kings Yarmouth (NS Parent) Yarmouth (NS Parent) Pictou Antigonish Hants Pictou (NS Born Mother) Shelburne (NS Born Father) Colchester Cumberland Yarmouth (NS Parent) Yarmouth Lunenburg Cape Breton (NS Resident Parents) Cape Breton Queens (NS born Parent) Inverness (NS Born Parent) Lunenburg Digby Halifax Halifax Halifax Richmond (NS Born Parent) Halifax, (NS Born Parent) Kings Inverness Halifax Annapolis Halifax Cape Breton Yarmouth Queens Kings Yarmouth Pictou (NS Born Mother) Shelburne (NS born Parent) Halifax Cumberland Hants (Son of NS Born Parent) Yarmouth Lunenburg (NS Born Father) Cumberland (NS Born Father) Hants Halifax Queens (NS Born Parents_ Digby (NS Born Mother) Richmond Antigonish Colchester Cape Breton Colchester Cape Breton Halifax, (NS Born Father) Halifax (NS Born Mother) Inverness Halifax Halifax Inverness Cape Breton (NS Born Father) Kings Yarmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth Kings Cumberland (NS Parent) Halifax Shelburne (NS born Parent) Shelburne Guysborough Antigonish (NS Born Mother) Guysborough (NS Parent) Cape Breton Pictou Cumberland Kings (NS Born Parent) Lunenburg Inverness (NS Born Parent) Guysborough Yarmouth (NS Parent) Cape Breton Pictou Pictou Cumberland Halifax (Husband of NS Resident) Halifax Colchester Colchester Shelburne (NS born Parent) Queens Halifax Hants (NS Parents) Annapolis Yarmouth Digby (NS Parent) Shelburne Cumberland Yarmouth Yarmouth (NS Born Parent) Yarmouth (NS Born Wife) Cumberland (NS Born Wife) Antigonish Lunenburg Lunenburg Lunenburg Digby Halifax Inverness

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Rifleman Warrant Officer Class II Private Rifleman Captain Second Lieutenant Rifleman Second Lieutenant Sergeant Carpenter Private 1st Class 1st Lieutenant Technician 4th Class Private Corporal Radioman Third Class Private Private Private Private 1st Class 1st Lieutenant Sergeant Rifleman Able Seaman Captain Rifleman First Lieutenant Warrant Officer Class II Machinist's Mate 1st Class Coxswaine Corporal Seaman 1st Class Corporal Warrant Officer Class II Driver Sergeant Ensign Captain Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Gunner Technical Sergeant Signalman Flight Lieutenant Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant Ship's Cook Rifleman Fireman First Class First Lieutenant Second Engineer Officer Technician 5th Grade Captain (Intelligence Officer) Able Seaman Machinist Mate 1st Class Private 1st Class Private Lieutenant Private Corporal Corporal; Technician 5th Class Sergeant Rifleman Rifleman Shipfitter Second Class Pilot Officer Private 1st Class Private Technician 5th Grade Rifleman Private Rifleman Corporal Flying Officer Private 1st Class Private 1st Class Corporal Rifleman Seaman 2nd Class Sergeant Private Pilot Officer Torpedoman's Mate, 3rd Class 2nd Lieutenant Torpedoman's Mate, 2nd Class Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Rifleman Corporal Private Private 1st Class Seaman 1st Class Rifleman Corporal Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Private (Radio Operator) Seaman Rifleman Electrician's Mate, 1st Class Warrant Officer Class II Lieutenant Lance Sergeant Corporal Rifleman Machinist's Mate First Class 2nd Lieutenant Rifleman Private 1st Class Private 1st Class Private 1st Class Flight Lieutenant Torpedoman's Mate, 3rd Class Major Major General 1st Lieutenant Flying Officer Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Lieutenant Radioman 3rd Class Flying Officer Sergeant Rifleman

Remembering World War II

Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma Saint Paul's Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, US Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, US Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines Buried At Sea (Addu Atoll, Maldives) Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn Mass.(KIA Siege of Nhpum Ga, Burma) Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii (KIA Marshall Islands) National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, US Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing, Hawaii, USA (KIA Aleutian Is) Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing, Hawaii, USA (MIA Okinawa) Port Moresby Memorial, Papua New Guinea Sandgate Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii Saint Mary's Cemetery, Bristol, RI (KIA Bougainville, Solomon Is) Riverside Cemetery, Lunenburg, Vermont (KIA Battle of Eniwetok) Manila American Cemetery, Philippines Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China (Lost at Sea) Edmonds Memorial Cemetery, Washington US National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, US Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan Hebrew Cemetery, Sydney, NS (KIA Yangkai, China) Kandy War Cemetery, Sri Lanka Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines (Lost at Sea) Honolulu Memorial, HI (Lost at Sea Okinawa/Kerama Retto) Manila American Cemetery, Philippines Manila American Cemetery, Philippines National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan Kanchanburi War Cemetery, Thailand Arlington National Cemetery, Vt., US (KIA New Georgia Solomon Is.) Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii (Lost at Sea; Marshall Islands) Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar Manila American Cemetery (Walls of the Missing), Philippines Kanchanaburi War Cemeterty, Thailand Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines Woombye Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Singapore Memorial Manila American Cemetery, Philippines Long Island National Cemetery, New York, US Saint Mary Our Mother Cemetery, Horseheads, NY Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii (Lost at Sea; off Okinawa) Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii (Missing East China Sea) Stanley Miniltary Cemetery, Hong Kong Oak Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Missouri, US Hawaii Nationa Cemetery, Hawaii (KIA Northern Burma) Sydney Memorial, Australia Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, (Lost Sea Samai) Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, MO (Palawan Massacre) Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma Pine Grove Cemetery West Bethel, Maine (Killed Australia) Lyman Cemetery, Silver Lake, NH (KIA Iwo Jima) Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston, Mass. US St. Mary’s Cemetery, Heatherton, Antigonish Co., NS (KIA Japan) Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China Edgell Grove Cemetery, Framingham, Massachusetts, US Singapore Memorial Greenwood Cemetery, Chimacum, Washington, US (KIA Luzon) Kankakee Memorial Gardens, Illinois, US (KIA Pacific) National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, US Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex Co., Mass. (Pacific) Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Philippines Manila American Cemetery, Walls of the Missing, Philippines National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, US Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii (Lost at Sea off Kiska) Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing, Hawaii US Northwood Cemetery, Windsor, Conn. US (KIA Dakeshi Ridge, Okinawa) Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh National Submarine Memorial (Seal Beach, California) US Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii (Lost at Sea off Alaska) National Submarine Memorial (Seal Beach, California) US Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China Milton Cemetery, Milton, Mass., US Lower Langdon Cemetery, NH (non-combat death Philippines) Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, US Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (KIA, Guadalcanal) Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan Swampscott Cemetery, Mass. Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, US Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan National Memorial of the Pacific, Hawaii (Lost at Sea, Pacific) Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma Halifax Memorial, NS Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass. US (Illness Dutch East Indies) Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Hawaii Hermosa Gardens Cemetery, Colton, CA, (KIA Solomon Islands) Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts, US East Millinocket Cemetery, Maine Long Island National Cemetery, New York, US Singapore Memorial National Submarine Memorial (Seal Beach, California) US North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial (Mediteranean Sea) Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii (Lost near Midway Islands) Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, US (KIA Pacific) Singapore Memorial Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, Mass. ( plane crash, Okinawa) Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, Mass. ( plane crash, Okinawa) Honolulu Memorial Kirkee War Cemetery, India Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Melbourne, Australia (died illness) Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan

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