Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 195 continued ... continued ... Sai Wan War Cemetery Royal Rifles of Canada: CORMIER, Leo Abbey. Rifleman Cormier was the son of Albert and Alice Cormier of Amherst. He died of acute gastroenteritis, brought on by malnutrition, on 19 October 1942 while a POW in the Sham Shui Po Camp. MACLAUGHLIN, Thomas. Rifleman MacLaughlin was the son of Wellington Laughlin of Bass River. He died of diphtheria and acute enteritis on 28 November 1942 while a POW in the Sham Shui Po Camp. SURETTE, Henry Andrew. Rifleman Surette was born in Round Hill, Annapolis County and was the husband of Marie Ester Surette of Halifax. He was killed in action during the battle of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1942 Stanley War Cemetery KING, Joseph Victor. Second Engineer Officer King, of the SS Yat Shing, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. King, of Herring Cove. When the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army attacked Hong Kong. Joseph helped his crewmates scuttle their ship to deny it to the enemy. Then he and his crewmates became members of the Hong Kong Dockyard Defense Corps and entered into the fighting. Joseph became a prisoner of war and was interned in the Sham Shui Po Prison Camp. He died of anemia, which was brought on due to malnourishment, while a POW on 14 February 1944. India WOODMAN, Samuel Driffield. Flying Officer Woodman was the son of Samuel Eveleth Woodman and Constance Beatrice Woodman, of Conway, Digby County. He served as a pilot in the RCAF and flew Dakotas with 353 Squadron, RAF. On 17 August 1945 his plane, Dakota Mark III FL603, had a serious structure failure while in flight and crashed 60 miles north of Mumbai (Bombay.) All nine men on board perished. He is buried in the Kirkee War Cemetery. Japan Yokohama War Cemetery Royal Rifles of Canada: BENT, Howard Norman. Rifleman Bent was the son of William Howard and Mary Gladys Bent, of Waterville, King's County, and the husband of Gladys Bent. Howard died on 7 September 1945 in the Omine internment camp after drinking poisoned liquor. BOTTIE, Leo Joseph. Rifleman Bottie was the on of Henry F. and Angeline Bottie, of Ardoise West. He died of dysentery and beriberi on 6 January 1944 in the Niigata POW camp. CULLETON, Wellington Edward. Rifleman Culleton the son of Edward and Finley Culleton of West Chester. He died of acute pneumonia in the Niigata POW camp on 2 November 1943. JACQUARD, Angus John. Rifleman Jacquard was the son of John J. and Julia Jacquard, of Little River Harbour, Yarmouth County. On 1 January 1944, during a typhoon, the roof of the snow ladened Barracks he was sleeping in collapsed and Rifleman Jacquard and 7 other POWS were killed. RAY, Irvin Kerwin. Rifleman Ray was the son of Joseph Elijah and Melissa Angeline Ray, of St. Mary's River, Guysborough County. Rifleman Culleton died of acute pneumonia while a prisoner of war on 13 November 1943 in Tokyo. ROBLEE, Lloyd Logan. Rifleman Roblee was the son of Myles and Emily Roblee and was living in Springhill when he enlisted. He died on 21 April 1944 of one of the many diseases that afflicted the POWS held by the forces of Imperial Japan.
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