Lawrence Moore Cosgrave

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Canadian military officer diplomat human

Lawrence Moore Cosgrave was a Canadian military officer and diplomat best known for representing Canada at the formal Japanese surrender ceremony that ended World War II in the Pacific.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian military officer ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	Canada ⓘ
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Croix de Guerre ⓘ surface form: French Croix de Guerre Order of the British Empire ⓘ
birthDate	1890-08-28 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ
date	1945-09-02 ⓘ
deathDate	1971-07-28 ⓘ
educatedAt	Royal Military College of Canada ⓘ
familyName	Cosgrave ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Lawrence ⓘ
hasMilitaryServiceEnd	1940s ⓘ
hasMilitaryServiceStart	1910s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Tokyo Bay ⓘ USS Missouri ⓘ
militaryBranch	Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ surface form: Canadian Army
militaryRank	colonel ⓘ
name	Lawrence Moore Cosgrave self-link ⓘ
notableFor	representing Canada at the formal Japanese surrender ceremony ending World War II in the Pacific ⓘ
notableWork	Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ surface form: Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Canada
occupation	civil servant ⓘ diplomat ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participantIn	Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ
placeOfDeath	British Columbia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Victoria ⓘ
positionHeld	Canadian signatory of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
represented	Canada ⓘ
residence	British Columbia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Victoria ⓘ
workedAsDiplomatIn	Australia ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Japan ⓘ Portugal ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → name → Lawrence Moore Cosgrave self-link ⓘ

Japanese Instrument of Surrender → signedBy → Lawrence Moore Cosgrave ⓘ