Military Service
Service Number: F/40829
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Howard enlisted in Aldershot, Nova Scotia on Jul 16, 1940.
Taken on strength on Jul 16, 1940 with the West Nova Scotia Regiment, he completed training at Aldershot, NS and Camp Borden, Ontario where he transferred to the Royal Rifles of Canada. He served in Newfoundland from Dec 11, 1940 until Jul 31, 1941. He returned to Canada and on Oct 27, 1941 he left Canada for Hong Kong.
He was taken as a prisoner of war on Dec 25, 1941 and was transferred when prisoners were sent to internment camps in Japan on Jan 19, 1943. He was transported there on the Tatsuta Maru arriving at Nagasaki, Japan on Jan 22, 1943. While in Omine internment camp he, another Canadian soldier, and four British soldiers died after drinking poisoned liquor (i.e. methyl alcohol poisoning).
Son of William Howard Bent and May (nee Harris) Bent, of Waterville, Nova Scotia; husband of Gladys Lillian (nee Keddy) Bent, who he married in 1937.
Service Number: F/40829
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Howard enlisted in Aldershot, Nova Scotia on Jul 16, 1940.
Taken on strength on Jul 16, 1940 with the West Nova Scotia Regiment, he completed training at Aldershot, NS and Camp Borden, Ontario where he transferred to the Royal Rifles of Canada. He served in Newfoundland from Dec 11, 1940 until Jul 31, 1941. He returned to Canada and on Oct 27, 1941 he left Canada for Hong Kong.
He was taken as a prisoner of war on Dec 25, 1941 and was transferred when prisoners were sent to internment camps in Japan on Jan 19, 1943. He was transported there on the Tatsuta Maru arriving at Nagasaki, Japan on Jan 22, 1943. While in Omine internment camp he, another Canadian soldier, and four British soldiers died after drinking poisoned liquor (i.e. methyl alcohol poisoning).
Son of William Howard Bent and May (nee Harris) Bent, of Waterville, Nova Scotia; husband of Gladys Lillian (nee Keddy) Bent, who he married in 1937.
Military Service
Service Number: F/40829
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Howard enlisted in Aldershot, Nova Scotia on Jul 16, 1940.
Taken on strength on Jul 16, 1940 with the West Nova Scotia Regiment, he completed training at Aldershot, NS and Camp Borden, Ontario where he transferred to the Royal Rifles of Canada. He served in Newfoundland from Dec 11, 1940 until Jul 31, 1941. He returned to Canada and on Oct 27, 1941 he left Canada for Hong Kong.
He was taken as a prisoner of war on Dec 25, 1941 and was transferred when prisoners were sent to internment camps in Japan on Jan 19, 1943. He was transported there on the Tatsuta Maru arriving at Nagasaki, Japan on Jan 22, 1943. While in Omine internment camp he, another Canadian soldier, and four British soldiers died after drinking poisoned liquor (i.e. methyl alcohol poisoning).
Son of William Howard Bent and May (nee Harris) Bent, of Waterville, Nova Scotia; husband of Gladys Lillian (nee Keddy) Bent, who he married in 1937.
Service Number: F/40829
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Howard enlisted in Aldershot, Nova Scotia on Jul 16, 1940.
Taken on strength on Jul 16, 1940 with the West Nova Scotia Regiment, he completed training at Aldershot, NS and Camp Borden, Ontario where he transferred to the Royal Rifles of Canada. He served in Newfoundland from Dec 11, 1940 until Jul 31, 1941. He returned to Canada and on Oct 27, 1941 he left Canada for Hong Kong.
He was taken as a prisoner of war on Dec 25, 1941 and was transferred when prisoners were sent to internment camps in Japan on Jan 19, 1943. He was transported there on the Tatsuta Maru arriving at Nagasaki, Japan on Jan 22, 1943. While in Omine internment camp he, another Canadian soldier, and four British soldiers died after drinking poisoned liquor (i.e. methyl alcohol poisoning).
Son of William Howard Bent and May (nee Harris) Bent, of Waterville, Nova Scotia; husband of Gladys Lillian (nee Keddy) Bent, who he married in 1937.
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WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE HIM NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW. REMEMBERED BY MOTHER
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