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Remembering World War II
Irvin Kirwin Ray
Rifleman
F/29946
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
March 12, 1921
St. Mary's River, Guysborough Co., NS
February 27, 1940
Halifax, NS
St. Mary's River, Guysborough Co., NS
19
5 feet, 8 inches
Dark
Brown
Black
Single
Wood Cutter
Church of England
Joseph Ray (Father) St. Mary's River, NS
November 13, 1943
22
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Sec. B. A. 6.
Commemorated on Page 206 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 26
Irvin Ray was the son of Joseph Elijah Ray (1874-1955) and Melissa Angeline (Jack) Ray (1894-1924),
of St. Mary's River, Guysborough Co., NS and the brother of Alexander (1915-1945), and Russell (b.
1918).
Taken on strength on February 27, 1940 with the Halifax Rifles, Irvin Ray completed training at
Halifax and Aldershot, Nova Scotia. While at Aldershot on November 29, 1940 he was taken on
strength with the Royal Rifles of Canada.
He served with the battalion in Newfoundland on garrison duty between November of 1940 and
August of 1941. On October 27, 1941 Royal Rifles of Canada departed for Hong Kong. He was taken
as a prisoner of war on December 25, 1941 and was transferred when prisoners were sent to
internment camps in Japan. Rifleman Culleton died of acute pneumonia while a prisoner of war on
November 13, 1943.
Irvin Kirwin Ray
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