Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 193 continued ... continued ... CHINA-BURMA-INDIA and the PACIFIC Australia GREEN, Dermott Joseph. Signalman Green was born in Yarmouth and was the husband of Catherine Marie Green of Halifax. He was a clerk/typist with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. On 3 March 1945, Dermott went swimming at the beach at Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia and was caught by the undertow and drowned. He is buried in the Woombye Cemetery. LEBLANC, James. Able Seaman Leblanc of Yarmouth served in the Australian Merchant Marine on Australian Hospital Ship Centaur. His ship was struck by a torpedo fired by Japanese submarine I-177 on 14 May 1943. AHS Centaur sank and 268 men perished. AB James Le Blanc is commemorated on the Sydney Memorial. Bangladesh NEWELL, Everett Elroy. Pilot Officer Newell was the son of Stillman Roy Newell and Bertha Elizabeth (Penny) Newell, of Newellton, Shelburne Co., NS. He was a navigator in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in 117 Squadron, RAF, in India. On 14 February 1945 his aircraft, Dakota III FD820, was on a resupply mission that required them to fly over the various mountain ranges to Burma. Dakota III FD820 crashed due to very bad weather. Pilot Officer Newell is buried in the Chittagong War Cemetery, Chattogram. Hong Kong Sai Wan Memorial Royal Rifles of Canada: ACORN, John M. Rifleman Acorn was from Trenton and was the husband of Lillian Acorn. He was killed in action on 23 December 1941 during the battle of Hong Kong. (He died alongside his cousin Rifleman Joseph Acorn of PEI.) ATWOOD, Percy Coleman. Rifleman Atwood was the son of Winford Coleman Atwood and Mabel Edith (Garron) Atwood of Riverhead in Barrington, NS. He was 19 years old when he was killed in action (machine gun fire) during the battle of Hong Kong on 23 December 1941. MACLEAN, Charles Lewis. Rifleman MacLean was from River Denys, Cape Breton and was the son of Charles and Annie MacLean. He was killed in action during the battle of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. MCGRATH, William Joseph. Rifleman McGrath of McGrath’s Cove, Halifax County, was the son of William and Clara May McGrath. He was killed in action during the battle of Hong Kong on 23 December 1941. MCISSAC, Joseph. Rifleman McIssac was the son of John and Beatrice McIssac of Inverness, Cape Breton. He was killed in action during the battle of Hong Kong on 23 December 1941. MOORE, Walter Leslie. Rifleman Moore was the husband of Stella Moore of Kentville. He was killed in action during the battle of Hong Kong on 23 December 1941. Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps: MCGUIRE, Francis Charles. Private McGuire was born in Halifax to Charles and Laura McGuire in 1917. He was killed in action during the battle of Hong Kong on 19 December 1941.
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