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Military service
Service number:
H/20648
Age:
23
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 9, 1918
Rivers, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 23, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 19, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 25.
Additional information
Son of Harry Beltz and Mary Lahn. Husband of Elizabeth Christina Sanderson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Father of Geraldine Isabel Diane and Elizabeth Constance Beltz. Brother of John Steven Beltz, service number H-6417, Winnipeg Grenadiers, prisoner of war in Hong Kong and in Japan; he survived the war.
Enlisted with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Charles served in Manitoba, transferred on 20 October 1941 to the Winnipeg Grenadiers, member of Force C. He had 448 days of service, including 28 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
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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 -
Memorial
Corporal CHARLES MICHAEL BELTZ 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Corporal CHARLES MICHAEL BELTZ were reported to have been Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 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
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Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
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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 CHARLES MICHAEL BELTZ 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. -
Photo of Charles Beltz
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Honour Roll
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Letter
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Letter
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Letter
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Circumstances of death registers
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Letter
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Photo of Elizabeth and Michael Beltz
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Group Photo
Michael Beltz 1st row 2nd from right (Cameron Highlanders). Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Michael is standing in centre of photo. (Cameron Highlanders). Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Parade
Michael is standing in centre 1st row.. (Cameron Highlanders). Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Charles Beltz
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Photo of Charles Beltz
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Newspaper clipping
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Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
Digital gallery of
Corporal Charles Michael Beltz
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 23 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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