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Robert Daniel Evans

In memory of:

Private Robert Daniel Evans

November 23, 1943
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

H/17707

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:

December 24, 1920
South Junction, Manitoba

Enlistment:

May 15, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Harry Benjamin Evans and Elyse Eleanor Hewitt of Vassar, Manitoba. Brother of Private Henry George Evans, who fought in the Pacific. He survived the fighting in the Second World War.

Enlisted in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, transferred to the 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers on October 20th, 1941, served in Manitoba, Hong Kong with C Force, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 923 days of service, including 757 overseas.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Evans Rapids, located on an unnamed river on Barrington Lake, in his honor in 1995.

Commemorated on Page 157 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 Section. A. B. 5.

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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