Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert Wilber Harding
In memory of:
Rifleman Robert Wilber Harding
December 27, 1943
Camp Niigata-Rinko, Japan
Military Service
E/30713
21
Army
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
War Medal 1939-1945, Pacific Star, 1939-1945 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Additional Information
May 12, 1922
Provincetown, Massachusetts
April 24, 1941
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
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.
Commemorated on Page 168 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
Cdn. Sec. A. C. 1.
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
Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator December 5th 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator December 5th 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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