Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the 1st Middlesex Regiment, Company B, Campbellford, Hastings, Ontario, transferred October 23rd, 1941 to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada. Served in Ontario, Hong Kong with "C" Force. Had 460 days service, including 54 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Willis John Grieves
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Memorial
Rifleman WILLIS JOHN GRIEVES is one of 18 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 WILLIS JOHN GRIEVES was reported 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. -
Photo of Willis John Grieves
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Rifleman Willis John Grieves
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Willis John Grieves
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Willis John Grieves
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Willis John Grieves
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Willis John Grieves
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Willis John Grieves
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Willis John Grieves
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 31 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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