Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 197 continued ... continued ... SARTY, Perry. Rifleman Sarty was the son of Aaron William and Sadie Elizabeth Sarty, of Mersey Point, Queens County. He died at Camp No 5. Niigata, Japan, of pneumonia on November 15, 1943. WYRWAS, Frederick Armand. Rifleman Wyrwas was the husband of Jessie Mae Wyrwas, of Inverness. He died on Christmas Eve 1944 in a POW camp of wet beriberi, malnutrition, and ascariasis. Winnipeg Grenadiers: RUTHERFORD, Archibald Roy. Lance Sergeant Rutherford was the son of Hollis and Grace Rutherford of Truro. He died in the Niigata POW camp, as a result of beriberi, on 5 December 1943. Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps: ELLIS, Lyle Leonard. Warrant Officer II Ellis was the son of Samuel Bevington and Emerien Ellis of Halifax. He died on 17 March 1944 from malnutrition, pleurisy and pneumonia in POW Camp 3D located between Tokyo and Yokohama. Myanmar (Burma) Taukkyan War Cemetery ALLEN, Conan Thompson. Warrant Officer II Allen was the son of Lebaron T. Allen and Ella M. Allen (nee Negus), of Amherst. He was a pilot in the RCAF and flew with 113 Squadron RAF. Allen was killed in action on 10 November 1942 while piloting Blenheim V6491. His bomber was shot down by flak during a raid against Japanese forces in Akyab, Burma. BACON, Roland Clinton. Captain Bacon was the son of Robert Clinton and Lillian May (Smith) Bacon, and the husband of Elizabeth Pearl (MacRae) Bacon, of Amherst, Nova Scotia. He was teaching at a boys school in Korea when war broke out and, in early 1943, he was ordered out of the country by the Imperial Japanese Army. Roland opted to go to India to get involved with the war. He enlisted in the 2nd Battalion of the Border Regiment in India. In October 1943 Roland was posted to Force 136 of the SOE (Special Operations Executive) and served in that group until his death. Captain Bacon and his team conducted psychological warfare close to and often behind enemy lines; interrogation of Japanese prisoners and interpret of captured enemy maps and documents. During the Battle of Mandalay in 1945, Capt. Bacon and his team became trapped under heavy fire. He climbed a tree to locate the enemy positions when he was shot several times and fell to the ground. Two days later, on March 13, 1945, he died in a hospital northwest of Mandalay. LOWE, Peter Innes. Captain Lowe was the son of Charles Benjamin Gordon Lowe and Mary Isabel (Innes) Lowe, of Halifax. He enlisted in the British Army in 1937 and, in July 1939, he was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. He was one of the soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk in May 1940. Peter was wounded in Libya and after recovering he volunteered for the 32nd Mountain Artillery of the Indian Army in Burma. He was killed in action on 6 October 1944. Peter Lowe Avenue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was named in memory of Captain Peter Innes Lowe. Philippines DELONG, Weldon Fader. Corporal DeLong was born in Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, to Lowell Clifford and Jetta Louise (Smeltzer) Delong in 1915. He served in 5th Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division United States Marine Corps and was awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his service in the Pacific. He was killed in action on 3 November 1942. Corporal DeLong’s body was not recovered, and he is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing in the Manila National Cemetery. An American destroyer was launched on 31 December 1943 and named the USS Delong (DE-648) in his memory.
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