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Michael (Mikey) Panco

In memory of:

Private Michael (Mikey) Panco

August 16, 1943
Shinagama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

H/2058

Age:

24

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, Defence Medal, Hong Kong Bar.

Additional Information

Born:

September 30, 1918
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

September 18, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba

He was born with the name Moysey Pankow. He was nicknamed Mickey.

Son of Michal Pankow (aka Michael Panco) and Thekla Tomaskowaska (aka Tekla), of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of Seaman Albert Panco, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. He survived the war.

Served with the Winnipeg Light Infantry - NPAM - for four years, enlisted on September 18th, 1940 with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada for service in Manitoba and Ontario, and transferred on October 22nd, 1941 to the 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers to fight in Hong Kong with C Force and as a prisoner of war in Japan. He had 1,063 days of service, including 658 overseas.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Panco Lake located southwest of York Factory in his honor in 1964.

Commemorated on Page 201 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. A. 1.

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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