Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Fred Arnold Wyrwas
In memory of:
Rifleman Fred Arnold Wyrwas
December 24, 1944
Hospital 3D Tokyo, Japan
Military Service
E/30138
37
Army
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal, Hong Kong Bar.
Additional Information
June 3, 1907
Inverness, Nova Scotia
August 17, 1940
Valcartier, Quebec
Son of Theodore Edward Wyrwas and Jessie Ann MacQuarrie. Husband of Jessie Mae Wiswell, of Inverness, Nova Scotia. Father of Dorothy Annabelle and Gladys Lillian Wyrwas.
He served with the Cape Breton Highlanders Regiment – NPAM – since 1929 in Nova Scotia, with the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war where he died. He had 1,591 days of service, including 1,154 overseas.
Commemorated on Page 484 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. B. C. 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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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of FRED ARNOLD WYRWAS – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping
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