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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Label Occurrences
Lawrence Moore Cosgrave canonical 3

Statements (47)

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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Japanese Instrument of Surrender → signedBy → Lawrence Moore Cosgrave ⓘ
Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → name → Lawrence Moore Cosgrave self-link ⓘ
Cosgrave → hasNotableBearer → Lawrence Moore Cosgrave ⓘ