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Private JOHN HENRY ADAMS

Service Number: H/6294
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

IX. D. 3.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Irma Mellissa Adams; husband of Rose Charlotte Adams, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. PUT TO DEATH BY THE ENEMY "HIS SPIRIT MUST BE OUR BANNER"
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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