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Tage Gynther Agerbak

In memory of:

Corporal Tage Gynther Agerbak

December 20, 1941
Hong Kong

Military Service


Service Number:

H/6293

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information


Born:

July 30, 1915
Brande, Midjylland, Denmark

Enlistment:

September 13, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Anton Christian Agerbak (alias Anderson) and Kamilla Catherine Moeller (alias Cammilla). Husband of Rose Alma Dupas, of Pilot Mound, Manitoba. Father of Albert A. and Blanche E. Agerbak. Brother of Knub Agerbak, service number H-6325, and Borge Buster Agerbak, service number H-6326, both also from the Winnipeg Grenadiers, and prisoner or war in Hong Kong and Japan.

Tage Gynther served in Manitoba, in Bermuda with Force B, in Jamaica with Force Y, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 831 days of service, including 55 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 22 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

SAI WAN MEMORIAL
Victoria, Hong Kong

Grave Reference:

Column 25.

Location:

This SAI WAN MEMORIAL honours over 2,000 men of the land forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who died in the defence of Hong Kong during the Second World War. The SAI WAN MEMORIAL is in the form of a shelter building 24 metres long and 5.5 metres wide. It stands at the entrance to Sai Wan Bay War Cemetery, outside Victoria, the capital of Hong Kong. From the semi-circular forecourt, two wide openings lead to the interior of the building. The names are inscribed on panels of Portland stone. The dedicatory inscription reads:


1939 - 1945 The officers and men whose memory is honoured here died in the defence of Hong Kong in December 1941 and in the ensuing years of captivity and have no known grave.

The northern side of the Memorial is open and four granite piers support the copper roof. From a commanding position 305 metres above sea level, it looks out over the War Cemetery where some 1,500 men lie buried, and across the water to Mainland China - a magnificent view of sea and mountains. The Cape Collinson area has many cemeteries. Walking up this narrow one-way traffic road, one will pass the Catholic Cemetery situated on the hillside to the left of the road, and the Hong Kong Military Cemetery on the right. Sai Wan War Cemetery is about half way up Cape Collinson Road and faces the Muslim and Buddhist cemeteries. One can also get a taxi from Chai Wan Terminus and follow the same route. Alternatively, one can board a public light bus, Route No.16M, which runs from Chai Wan MTR Terminus to Stanley. En route to Stanley the minibus will pass Sai Wan War Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of TAGE GYNTHER AGERBAK– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Tage Gynther Agerbak– Agerbak, Tage, H 6293
  • Map– Manitoba Memorial Geo-Naming project -
Cpl AGERBAK T.G.   1972
Agerbak Lake Nueltin Lake, Manitoba, southwest of 59 14' 35"; 101 27' 04" 
(sib of Borge, Hong Kong veteran)
  • Memorial– Corporal TAGE GYNTHER AGERBAK is one of 19 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial.  He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941.  According to information compiled by Vincent Lopata and posted at the Hong Kong Veteran¿s Commorative Association website, Corporal Agerbak, who had been wounded, was murdered by the Japanese at ¿the Black Hole¿, along with Lieutenant ERIC LAWSON  MITCHELL  and his brother Lieutenant WILLIAM VAUGHAN  MITCHELL and Private DORI JAMES O'NEILL.  http://www.cforce.hkvca.ca/battledeaths.htm
  • Newspaper Clipping– Corporal TAGE GYNTHER AGERBAK was reported to be Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 243rd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943.
  • Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial– Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL.  This memorial  bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians.
  • Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong– Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
  • Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong– Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
  • Unknown Marker– The Sai Wan Memorial is located at the entrance of Sai Wan Cemetery.  1,505 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War are buried or commemorated at this  cemetery, of which 444 of the burials are the remains of unidentified soldiers, including those of 107 Canadian soldiers, most of whom were killed or died of wounds during the defense of Hong Kong, which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. This is one such grave marker.  There is a possibility that the remains of Corporal TAGE GYNTHER AGERBAK lie beneath this grave marker, or one of the other 106 grave markers in Sai Wan Cemetery that simply read, A SOLDIER OF THE 1939-1945 WAR.  A  CANADIAN REGIMENT.  KNOWN UNTO GOD.  The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial.
  • Honour Roll
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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