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Edmond Cameron Harrison
In memory of:
Rifleman Edmond Cameron Harrison
September 9, 1943
Camp Niiagata-Rinko, Japan
Military Service
E/29926
23
Army
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
August 16, 1920
Bury, Quebec
July 17, 1940
Bury, Quebec
Baptized at the Methodist Church of Bury, Compton, Québec, on 21 September 1920.
Son of James Douglas Harrison and Isabel May Cameron (1981 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother) of Bury, Quebec.
Brother of Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison, killed in action at Lye Mun, Hong Kong.
Commemorated on Page 168 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
Cdn. Sec. A. C. 2.
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.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – Isabel Harrison was the National Silver Cross Mother in 1981. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – Isabel Harrison was the National Silver Cross Mother in 1981. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Edmond Harrison – 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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