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Wellington Edward Culleton

In memory of:

Rifleman Wellington Edward Culleton

November 2, 1943
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

E/30039

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

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

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

October 9, 1912
West Chester, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

July 31, 1940
Matapédia, Quebec

He was baptized as Edward Oliver Culleton.

Son of Edgar (aka Edward) Dale Culleton and Ruth Blanche Moores, of Matapedia, Québec. Brother of Fusilier Edward Dale Culleton, regimental number E-30149, and half-brother of Fusilier Glenford Mann, regimental number E-30009, both of the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada and prisoners of war in Hong Kong and Japan. They survived the war.

Served in Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland with W Force, Hong Kong with C Force and Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,190 days of service, including 736 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 150 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. 16.

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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