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Norman Charles Matthews

In memory of:

Private Norman Charles Matthews

February 22, 1944
Camp Oeyama, Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

H/6044

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

Cited in the Order of the Day (MID) 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

September 27, 1916
Brigland, Hampshire, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

September 5, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Charles Cyril James Matthews and Nellie Beatrice Day. Husband of Irene May Chalcroft, of Beausejour, Manitoba. Father of Norma Mae Matthews.

Brother of Private Denis Cyril Matthews, regimental number H-6197, 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers, killed in action in Hong Kong on December 19th, 1941.

Served with the Winnipeg Grenadiers (MG) - NPAM - regimental number 3510, from June 13th, 1938 to September 1st, 1939, then with the regular forces of this unit in Manitoba, in Jamaica with Y Force, in Hong Kong with C Force, in Japan as a prisoner of war.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named East Matthews Lake located west of Semmens Lake in his honor in 1995.

Commemorated on Page 380 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:

Sec. B. D. 3.

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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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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