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John Moffatt Gee

In memory of:

Corporal John Moffatt Gee

March 7, 1944
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

G/32406

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

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

Additional Information

Born:

May 17, 1921
Birch Ridge, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

September 21, 1939
Saint John, New Brunswick

Son of John Stanley Gee and Margaret MacKellar, of Arthurette, New Brunswick. Enlisted in the Saint John Fusiliers (MG) in Saint John, New Brunswick, also served in Nova Scotia, transferred November 27th, 1940 to the 1st Battalion Royal Rifles of Canada for service in New Brunswick, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,630 days of service, including 862 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 314 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. B. 10.

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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