Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Elmer Walter Blank
In memory of:
Rifleman Elmer Walter Blank
January 28, 1945
Camp Omine (FU-5B), Kawasaki, Japan
Military Service
E/30291
23
Army
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medals and Clasp.
Additional Information
April 18, 1921
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
August 26, 1940
Valcartier, Quebec
Son of Edward Herbert Blank and Martha Ernestine Altstadt, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,614 days of service, including 1,189 overseas.
Commemorated on Page 496 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. A. E. 15.
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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Details
Photo of ELMER WALTER BLANK – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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