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Earle Joseph McLellan

In memory of:

Private Earle Joseph McLellan

January 25, 1944
Camp Oeyama 3B, Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

H/6324

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

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

Additional Information

Born:

January 22, 1913
East Kildonan, Manitoba

Enlistment:

September 14, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Alexander Francis McLellan and Mary Jane Thomblison, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Brother of Sergeant William James McLellan, regimental number H-51713, and Private Florence Elsie MacLellan, who served in the Netherlands, uncle of Pilot Officer Donald Arthur McAmmond, who served in Europe with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War. They survived the war.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named McLellan Island located on Lake Amiskoskotim in his honor in 1994.

Commemorated on Page 389 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. B. D. 5.

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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    Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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  • Photo of Earle McLellan– 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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    Photo of Earle McLellan – 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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