NS Casualties - Pacific and Far East WWII

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 Thirty-seven 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 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 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 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 Rifleman Captain Rifleman Warrant Officer Class II Corporal Warrant Officer Class II Signalman Flight Lieutenant Staff Sergeant Rifleman Technician 5th Grade Lieutenant Rifleman Rifleman Pilot Officer Rifleman Private Rifleman Flying Officer Rifleman Pilot Officer Rifleman 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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