Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, he served in Ontario before being deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, on 18 October 1941, to fight in Hong Kong with Force C; he was prisoner of war in Japan, where he died at the hospital.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman James Mortimer
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Newspaper Clipping
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From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Mortimer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Mortimer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Mortimer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Mortimer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Mortimer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James Mortimer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan
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