For Posterity's Sake A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
Reding, Ronald Rex, PO1, C.A.F. (Navy), Died - 15 May 1970, HMCS YUKON - Husband of Sanda Reding of Esquimalt, British Columbia; son of Mrs. June Matilda Clifton of Langley, British Columbia.
Petty Officer Reding died on Friday 15 May 1970 in Hakodate Japan of an accidental drowning. He was interred at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery (Yokohama War Cemetery), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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(RR01) Photo of PO Ronald Reding // Source: Ancestry post by Lisa Reding (RR02) Grave marker for PO Ronald Reding (RR03) PO Reding drowns in Japan // The Times Colonist 16 May 1970 // Researched by Steve Hutchings (RR04) Memorial service for PO Reding // The Daily Colonist 20 May 1970 // Researched by Steve Hutchings (RR05) PO Redings death blamed on fatigue and the high temperature of Japanese sauna baths // The Times Colonist 02 Jun 1970 // Researched by Steve Hutchings
In Service of Canada - RCN Peacetime Casualty Index
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