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Military service
Service number:
E/29830
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 7, 1918
New Carlisle, Québec
Enlistment:
July 17, 1940
Denville, Québec
Death:
December 23, 1941
Stanley View, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. A. 21.
Additional information
Son of Joshua J. Chatterton and Annabella Renouf, of New Carlisle, Bonaventure Co., Québec.
He served in Québec, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland with Force W, and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 527 days of service, including 59 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Grave Marker
Rifleman ORRIN JAMES CHATTERTON is one 283 Canadian soldiers, 107 of whom are unidentified, who are buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers who were killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
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Rifleman ORRIN JAMES CHATTERTON was reported to have been Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 242nd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8th, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
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Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
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In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
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Rifleman Orrin James Chatterton
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Rifleman Orrin James Chatterton
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Rifleman Orrin James Chatterton
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Rifleman Orrin James Chatterton
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Rifleman Orrin James Chatterton
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Rifleman Orrin James Chatterton
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Rifleman Orrin James Chatterton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 26 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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