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In memory of:

Rifleman Robert Wilber Harding

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Military service

Service number: E/30713
Age: 21
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: May 12, 1922 Provincetown
Enlistment: April 24, 1941 Lac-Mégantic, Québec
Death: December 27, 1943 Camp Niigata-Rinko, Japan

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Cdn. Sec. A. C. 1.
Additional information
Son of Walter Ramour Harding and Hazel May Morton, of Andover, Massachusetts.

Walter fought in Europe with the United States Army in World War I, regimental number 725, and in the Second World War, he did not fight, regimental number 2153.

Brother of a soldier who served overseas with the United States Army in World War II.

Served in Québec, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 980 days of service, including 791 overseas.

Additional citations

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

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 168 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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