Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Albert Henry Andrews and Lucille Gachet, of Lac-Mégantic, Québec. Husband of Catherine McLeod. Father of Dorothy Andrews. Cousin of Leonard George Kitchener Wood, service number E-30191, prisoner of war in Hong Kong and in Japan, and cousin of Donald Wood, service number E-30176, who died in captivity in Japan on 17 September 1943; they both served with the Royal Rifles of Canada.
Albert Lorne served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 495 days of service, including 57 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Albert Lorne Andrews
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Photo of Albert Lorne Andrews
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. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Memorial
Rifleman ALBERT LORNE ANDREWS is one of 22 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.
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Rifleman Albert Lorne Andrews
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Albert Lorne Andrews
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Albert Lorne Andrews
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Albert Lorne Andrews
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Albert Lorne Andrews
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Albert Lorne Andrews
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 22 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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