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Benjamin Neufeld

In memory of:

Private Benjamin Neufeld

July 19, 1945
Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

H/6156

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

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

Additional Information

Born:

March 25, 1914
Winkler, Manitoba

He was born with the name Bernhard Neufeld.

Son of Abraham Neufeld and Helena W. Rempel of Winkler, Manitoba. Husband of Marion Olga King of St. James, Manitoba. Marion served in the Canadian Navy as a nurse working in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

She married Arthur Clarke, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and a veteran, in 1948. She was the sister of Private Earl Donald King, regimental number H-299, killed in action in Italy on September 8th, 1944 with the Lord Strahcona's Horse (2nd Armoured Regiment).

Served in Manitoba, Hong Kong with C Force and Japan as a prisoner of war.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Neufeld Lake located northeast of Shamattawa in his honor in 1964.

Commemorated on Page 549 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. D. 15.

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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