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Henry Kendall Blueman
In memory of:
Lance Corporal Henry Kendall Blueman
January 19, 1945
Yoshima, Japan
Military Service
H/6379
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Army
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
June 3, 1916
Copper Cliff, Ontario
September 16, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of William Blueman and Mary James. Husband of Martha Beatrice Kazincsy, of Flin Flon, Manitoba. Brother of George Langdon Blueman, who fought in Europe during the conflict, and survived the war.
Enlisted with the Sault Ste-Marie Sudbury Regiment (MG) – NPAM – in Sudbury, Ontario, then in the reugualr forces of the Winnipeg Grenadiers on 16 September 1939 to serve in Manitoba, in Jamaica with Force Y, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,953 days of service, including 1,180 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Government of Manitoba named Blueman Lake, located south-east of Lake Reindeer in his honour in 1973. "
Commemorated on Page 496 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
Sec. A. A. 6.
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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Photo of Henry Blueman – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
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