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Military service
Service number:
E/29866
Age:
30
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 9, 1911
Little Pabos, Québec
Enlistment:
July 23, 1940
Chandler, Québec
Death:
December 19, 1941
Wong Nai Chung Gap, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 23.
Additional information
Son of Charles Crosman and Helen Birmingham, of Little Pabos, Gaspe Co. in the Province of Québec, Canada.
Served in Québec, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C. He had 515 days of service, including 53 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Philip George Crosman
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Memorial
Rifleman PHILIP GEORGE CROSMAN is one of 20 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, 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. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman PHILIP GEORGE CROSMAN was reported 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. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Philip George Crosman
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Philip George Crosman
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Philip George Crosman
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Philip George Crosman
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Philip George Crosman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 27 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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