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Lance Serjeant John Arthur Coleman

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Military service

Service number: E/30060
Age: 25
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: May 18, 1916 Scotstown
Enlistment: August 2, 1940
Death: January 18, 1942 Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 6.A.3.
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Son of James Ida Coleman and Persis Elizabeth Ord. Husband of Marie Éva Fortier, of Montreal, Québec. Brother of Rifleman Ralph George Coleman, regimental number E-30062, Royal Rifles of Canada, prisoner of war in Hong Kong. He survived the war.

Served in Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C. He had 880 days of service, including 428 overseas.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY Hong Kong

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, originally the Military Cemetery in which members of the Hong Kong Garrison and their families were buried, is situated just beyond the small fishing village of Stanley in the southern part of Hong Kong island on the Tai Tam Peninsula, which has Stanley Bay on the west and Tai Tam Bay on the north. From Stanley Village take the Wong Ma Kok Road. The cemetery is adjacent St Stephens College and is close to St Stephen's beach. It is reached from Victoria by car along a winding, hilly road which at first overlooks the harbour and mainland. After climbing to the pass called Wong Nei Cheng Gap the road descends to the sea at Repulse Bay and then continues along the rocky hillside to Stanley village.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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