ACORN John Murdock - F/40906 (NA)
OUR REFERENCE / NOTRE REFERENCE : 592
| Royal Rifles of Canada |
| Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
| CANADIAN ARMY |
| RANK / GRADE |  |
PRIVATE |
| REGIMENTAL NUMBER / MATRICULE | F/40906 | |
BIRTH AND DEATH INFORMATION / INFORMATION DE NAISSANCE ET DE DÉCÉS
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DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY) DATE DE NAISSANCE |
11/07/1917 |
| CITY / VILLE | Trenton | |
| STATE / PROVINCE | Nova Scotia | |
| COUNTRY / PAYS | Canada |
| ETHNIC GROUP - ETHNIE | Native American |
| NATIONALITY - NATIONALITÉ | Mi'kmak |
| GENDER / GENRE | Men |
| DATE OF DEATH - DATE DE DÉCÉS (DD/MM/YYYY) | 23/12/1941 |
| AGE | 24 |
| CAUSE | Missing in action |
| CEMETERY - CIMETIERE | |
| NAME / NOM | Sai wan war cemetery and memorial |
| CITY / VILLE | Sai wan |
| STATE / ETAT | Chai wan |
| COUNTRY / PAYS | HONG KONG |
| GRAVE / SEPULTURE | Column 24 |
CIVIL LIFE INFORMATION / INFORMATION SUR LA VIE CIVILE
| WORK / TRAVAIL | laborer |
| FATHER - PERE | MOTHER - MERE | SPOUSE / HUSBAND - EPOUSE / EPOUX |
| john acorn | effie acorn |
MILITARY LIFE INFORMATION / INFORMATION SUR LA VIE MILITAIRE
| WAR / GUERRE | 1939-1945 : 2nd WORLD WAR - 2eme GUERRE MONDIALE |
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DRAFT OR VOLUNTEER CONSCRIT OU VOLONTAIRE |
SERVICE OVERSEAS SERVICE OUTRE MER |
PRISONER OF WAR PRISONNIER DE GUERRE |
CITIZEN CITOYEN |
| yes | yes |
| WOUNDS / BLESSURES |
| ENLISTMENT / ENROLEMENT | |
| DATE (DD/MM/YYYY) | 13/07/1940 |
| PLACE / LIEU | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| UNITÉ / UNIT | West nova scotia regiment |
| AGE | 23 |
| DISCHARGE / DEMOBILISATION | |
| DATE (DD/MM/YYYY) | |
| PLACE / LIEU | |
| CAUSE | |
| TRANSFER / TRANSFERT | |
| DATE AND UNIT / DATE ET UNITÉ | DATE AND RANK / DATE ET GRADE |
| HOSPITAL / HOPITAL | |
| DATE (DD/MM/YYYY) | CAUSE |
| 30/08/1940 - 07/09/1940 | |
| BATTLE / BATAILLE | |||
 FIGHTING / A COMBATTU |
 AWARDS / MÉDAILLES |
 DEAD / DÉCÉS |
 WOUNDS / BLESSURES |
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HONG KONG : 8 - 25 december 1941 |
AWARDS / DECORATIONS
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| 1939-45 star | war medal | pacific star | canadian volunteer service medal | canadian clasp |
VARIOUS INFORMATION / INFORMATIONS DIVERSES
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AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS / DOCUMENTS DISPONIBLES
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DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS DISPONIBLES |
NUMBER AVAILABLE NOMBRE DISPONIBLE |
LINK TO THE DOCUMENT / LIEN VERS LE DOCUMENT |
| ENLIST PAPER / FEUILLE D'ENROLEMENT | ||
| SOLDIER PICTURES / PHOTO DU SOLDAT | 1 | |
| CEMETERY PLAN / PLAN DU CIMETIERE | 1 | |
| GRAVE PICTURE / PHOTO DE LA TOMBE | 1 | |
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CANADIAN REMEMBER BOOKS LIVRE DU SOUVENIR CANADIEN |
1 | |
| OTHER DOCUMENTS / DOCUMENTS DIVERS | 3 | |
| MILITARY FILES / DOSSIER MILITAIRE | 1 | MILITARY FILES |
SOURCES
| Commonwealth war graves commission - Second world war book of remembrance - Prince Edward Island Legion War Time Service Recognition booklet - Volume 9 - Globe and Mail - January 9, 1943 |
| Researched and compiled by CASTELNOT yann |
Last edited: 24/09/2019