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George Daniel Delorme

In memory of:

Private George Daniel Delorme

December 4, 1944
Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

H/6758

Age:

25

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:

November 23, 1919
Dufferin, Manitoba

Enlistment:

October 2, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba

He was born as Daniel Delorme.

Son of William Delorme and Mary Alice Malcomson, of Carman, Manitoba. Brother of Private Joseph Enore Delorme, regimental number H-6870, Winnipeg Grenadiers, prisoner of war in Hong Kong and Japan. He survived the war.

Served in Manitoba, Jamaica with Y Force, Hong Kong with C Force, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,891 days of service, including 1,637 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 289 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:

Canadian Sec. B. C. 9.

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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