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Henry Joseph Paul Bazinet
In memory of:
Private Henry Joseph Paul Bazinet
June 12, 1945
Oeyama OS-3B Camp, Osaka, Japan
Military Service
H/6878
32
Army
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
January 11, 1913
Deer Horn, Manitoba
July 17, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of Jean Baptiste Bazinet (alias Isaie and Isaac) and Hermine Lapalme. Brother of Léonidas (alias Léo) Bazinet, service number 3158430, who fought in France with the 22nd Battalion, then with the 87th Battalion, CEF, during the First World War; he survived the war.
Henry enlisted on 17 July 1940 with the 4th Division Supply Column, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, service number H-51828, and was released from the Army on 19 September of the same year. Re-enlisted with the Winnipeg Grenadiers, service number H-6878, on 9 April 1941, he served in Manitoba, in Jamaica with Force Y, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,591 days of service; 1,576 with the Winnipeg Grenadiers, including 1,324 overseas.
Commemorated on Page 494 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Sec. B. C. 5.
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.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Henry Joseph Paul Bazinet – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
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