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Leo Joseph Bottie

In memory of:

Rifleman Leo Joseph Bottie

January 6, 1944
Niigata-Rinko 5B, Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

F/41001

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp,

Additional Information

Born:

January 12, 1917
West L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

August 2, 1940
Aldershot, Nova Scotia

"Son of Henry F. Bottie and Angeline Martel dit Lord, Ardoise West, Nova Scotia. Brother of Frances, Joseph, Raymond, Fred, Gordon, Edale and Mary.

Enlisted with the West Nova Scotia (Rifle) Regiment in Aldershot, Nova Scotia, transferred on 27 November 1940 to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, he served in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Québec, in Hong Kong with Force C, in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,253 days of service, including 801 overseas. "

Commemorated on Page 254 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. A. A. 7.

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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