Military service
Burial/memorial information
His father George Henry served during the First World War, service number 31667, with the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, then with the Nottingham and Derby Regiment, British Army. Hus brother Arthur Bate, service number L-1354, Saskatoon Light Infantry (MG), fought in Europe and survived the war.
Ernest served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 487 days of service, including 56 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Memorial
Rifleman ERNEST BATE 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 -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman ERNEST BATE was reported as having been Killed In Action in the Canadian Army's 242nd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943.
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Rifleman Ernest Bate
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Rifleman Ernest Bate
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest Bate
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest Bate
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ernest Bate
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 23 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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