Military service
Burial/memorial information
Brother of Rifleman Charles Joseph Fitzpatrick, who died as a prisoner of war in Japan while serving with the Royal Rifles of Canada.
Enrolled on June 1st, 1938 in the 94th Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery - NPAM - regimental number 2025, transferred to the regular forces of this regiment on October 23rd, 1939, transferred on July 16th, 1940 to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Rifles of Canada, regimental number E-21822, served in Québec, in Newfoundland with the W Force, in Hong Kong with the C Force.
Honors and Awards: Mentioned in the Order of the Day Commendation(s): 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Memorial
Corporal JOHN JOSEPH FITZPATRICK 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
Corporal JOHN JOSEPH FITZPATRICK was reported as 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. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Memoriam to Charles and John Fitzpatrick
Memoriam to John Joseph and Charles Joseph Fitzpatrick -
Newspaper Clipping
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Corporal John Joseph Fitzpatrick
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Corporal John Joseph Fitzpatrick
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Corporal John Joseph Fitzpatrick
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Corporal John Joseph Fitzpatrick
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Corporal John Joseph Fitzpatrick
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Corporal John Joseph Fitzpatrick
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Corporal John Joseph Fitzpatrick
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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