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Nova Scotia Casualties
Pacific and Far East - WWII
On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, a city of over 100,000 people. A third of the city
was destroyed, the rest lay in ruins. Three days later, a second bomb totally destroyed the port of Nagasaki. The Japanese government
sued for peace on the following day and, on August 14, 1945, Japan accepted the Allied terms of unconditional surrender.
Nova Scotia Casualties in the Far East and Pacific Campaigns
Forty with connection to Nova Scotia would make the ultimate sacrifice fighting in the Far East and the Pacific Campaign. They are
remember on Memorials and in Cemeteries in Hong Kong, Burma (Myanmar), Japan, Australia, Philippines, Singapore, Hawaii, Sri
Lanka, India, and Bangladesh.
Acorn, John Murdock
Allen, Conan Thompson
Atwood, Percy Coleman
Bacon, Roland Clinton
Bent, Howard Norman
Bishop, Charles Frederick
Cormier, Leo Abbey
Crosby, Frank Killam
Culleton, Wellington
Currie, Ewen Cameron
Delong, Weldon Fader
Ellis, Lyle Leonard
Green, Dermott Joseph
Harris, Arthur Hugh
Hubbard, Fred L.
Jacquard, Angus John
King, Silas Victor
Lowe, Peter Innes
LeBlanc, James
MacLaughlin, Thomas
MacLean, Charles Lewis
MacLeod, Lloyd George
McGrath, William Joseph
McGuire, Frank Charles
McIsaac, Joseph
Merriam, Karl McCormick
Moore, Walter Leslie
Newell, Everett Elroy
Ray, Irvin Kirwin
Robison, James Linton
Roblee, Lloyd Logan
Rogers, William Bennet
Ross, James Finlay
Rutherford, Archibald R.
Sarty, Perry
Surette, Henry Andrew
Taylor, Lloyd Elwin
Wallace, Walter Allison
Woodman, Samuel Driffield
Wyrwas, Frederick Arnold
Rifleman
Warrant Officer Class II
Rifleman
Captain
Rifleman
2nd Lieutenant
Rifleman
Captain
Rifleman
Warrant Officer Class II
Corporal
Warrant Officer Class II
Signalman
Flight Lieutenant
Staff Sergeant
Rifleman
Technician 5th Grade
Lieutenant
Able Seaman
Rifleman
Rifleman
Pilot Officer
Rifleman
Private
Rifleman
Flying Officer
Rifleman
Pilot Officer
Rifleman
Master Sergeant
Rifleman
Warrant Officer Class II
Lieutenant
Lance Sergeant
Rifleman
Rifleman
Flight Lieutenant
Flying Officer
Flying Officer
Rifleman
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Rifles of Canada
7th Rajput Regiment
Royal Rifles of Canada
US Army Air Force
Royal Rifles of Canada
SS Yarmouth, US Merchant Navy
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Marine Corps
Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
215 RAF Squadron, RCAF
182nd Infantry Regiment, US Army
Royal Rifles of Canada
776th Amp.Tank Battalion, US Army
Royal Artillery
Australian Merchant Navy
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Royal Rifles of Canada
357 RAF Squadron, RCAF
Royal Rifles of Canada
117 Squadron, RCAF
Royal Rifles of Canada
SS Elijah White, US Merchant Marine
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
HMS Formidable; RCNVR
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Rifles of Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
160 RAF Squadron, RCAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Rifles of Canada
Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China
Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma
Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China
Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines
Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Kandy War Cemetery, Sri Lanka
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Woombye Cemetery, Queensland, Australia
Singapore Memorial
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Missouri, US
Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma
Sydney Memorial, Australia
Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China
Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China
Singapore Memorial
Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China
Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China
Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China
Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh
Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China
Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma
Halifax Memorial
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China
Singapore Memorial
Singapore Memorial
Kirkee War Cemetery, India
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
Pictou
Cumberland
Shelburne
Cumberland
Kings
Lunenburg
Cumberland
Yarmouth
Lunenburg
Cape Breton
Lunenburg
Halifax
Halifax
Cape Breton
Yarmouth/
Yarmouth
Cumberland
Halifax
Yarmouth
Colchester
Cape Breton
Cape Breton
Halifax
Halifax
Inverness
Kings
Kings
Shelburne
Guysborough
Pictou
Cumberland
Halifax
Guysborough
Colchester
Halifax/Queens
Guysborough
Cumberland
Antigonish
Digby
Inverness
NAME
RANK SERVICE
CEMETERY?MEMORIAL
NS CONNECTION
Percy Coleman Atwood
Roland Clinton Bacon
Wellington Edward Culleton
Frank Killam Crosby
Ewen Cameron Currie
Weldon Fader DeLong
Lyle Leonard Ellis
Dermott Joseph Green
Arthur Hugh Harris
Silas Victor King
Peter Innes Lowe
Everett Elroy Newel
Irvin Kirwin Ray
William Bennet Rogers
James Finlay Ross
Archibald Roy Rutherford
Samuel Driffield Woodman
Frederick Arnold Wyrwas
Henry Andrew Surette
James Linton Robison
William Joseph McGrath
Joseph McIsaac