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Leo Abbey Cormier
Rifleman
G/18272
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C. “C” Company
March 11, 1920
Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS
May 17, 1940
Sackville, Nova Scotia
20
5 feet, 10 inches
Dark
Brown
Light Brown
Single
Labourer
Roman Catholic
Alice Cormier (Mother) Amherst, Nova Scotia
October 16, 1942
22
Sai Wan Cemetery, Hong Kong, China
VIII. B. 2.
Commemorated on Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 14
Leo Abbey Cormier was the son Albert M. Cormier and Alice Cormier, of Amherst, Nova Scotia
He enlisted on May 17, 1940 and served with Royal
Rifles of Canada, in Canada, and in Newfoundland with
Force W.
He departed Canada on October 17 for Hong Kong with
Force C. At the fall of Hong Hong he was taken as a
prisoner of war and interned at Shamshuipo Camp,
Kowloon, China. Information was received from the
International Red Cross Committee in Geneva that
Rifleman Cormier died on October 16, 1942. He was
buried in the Argyle Cemetery three days after his
death.
Death occurred at 9:30 pm and was attributed to
malnutrition, officially recorded as diarrhoea and
vitamin deficiency.
In June, 1947 his remains were re-buried in the San
Wan Military Cemetery, Hong Kong.
Leo Abbey Cormier
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