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Carl Joseph Bross

In memory of:

Private Carl Joseph Bross

February 23, 1944
Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

H/6372

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

August 29, 1921
Sky Lake, Manitoba

Enlistment:

September 15, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Mical (alias Michael) Broslawski and Barbara Bross, of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba. Brother of P.J. Bross, service number H-19829, who served in Europe during the Second World War and survived the conflict.

Carl served with the Winnipeg Grenadiers (signals) – NPAM – from 1938 to 1939, enrolled with the regular forces of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, he served in Manitoba, in Jamaica with Force Y, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,592 days of service, including 818 overseas.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Government of Manitoba named Bross Lake, located north-east of Reindeer Lake, in his honour in 1972.

Commemorated on Page 259 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Sec. B. C. 8.

Location:

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.

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