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Military service
Service number:
E/30171
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 19, 1921
Pointe-à-la-Croix, Bonaventure, Québec
Enlistment:
August 19, 1940
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
December 23, 1941
Repulse Bay, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
Son of Lazare Bujold and Brigitte Laetitia (alias Laura) Boudreau, of Pointe-à-la-Croix, Québec. Step-brother of Joseph Édouard Bujold, service number E-30145, and Napoléon Xavier (alias Paul) Bujold, service number E-30178, both served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, and were made prisoners of war in Hong Kong and in Japan; they both survived the war.
Hubert served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 502 days of service, including 57 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Hubert Bujold
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Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
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Memorial
Rifleman HUBERT BUJOLD 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 HUBERT BUJOLD 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 -
Photo of Hubert Bujold
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.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Hubert Bujold
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Hubert Bujold
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Hubert Bujold
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Hubert Bujold
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Hubert Bujold
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Hubert Bujold
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 25 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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