Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Lorne MacDonald
In memory of:
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lorne MacDonald
August 5, 1943
Omina Camp, Japan
Military Service
E/30439
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Army
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
October 6, 1912
Scotstown, Quebec
June 28, 1940
Danville, Quebec
His full name at birth was Lorne Malcolm Renwick MacDonald. Son of John MacDonald and Eunice Regina Mooney, of Scotstown, Québec. Husband of Helen Margaret Scott, of Scotstown, Québec.
He served with the 7/11 Hussars – NPAM – from 1938 to 1940 and was integrated in the regular forces of the same regiment. Deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada on 2 September 1940. He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war.
His death was recorded on 5 August 1943 and he was buried in the USAF Cemetery No 1 in Yokohama, Japan, Allied Plot, row 10, grave 20. He was exhumed by the 38th Australian War Graves Unit on 26 September 1946 and reburied Yokohama War Cemetery.
Commemorated on Page 184 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. B. E. 1.
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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Group Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Lorne MacDonald – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Lorne MacDonald – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of LORNE MACDONALD – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Group Photo – Lorne and his other. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Group Photo – Marion and Lorne. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Lorne MacDonald – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation Paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Statement – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Lorne MacDonald – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War II 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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