Military service
Burial/memorial information
Another son served overseas during the Second World War, Gunner Walter Lawrence, service number E-0098; he survived the war.
Wounded in action on 23 December 1941, transported to the Queen Mary Hospital and captured on 25 December 1941, Detention number 6664, transferred to Sham Shui Po Hospital on 25 January 1943, he died there of cardiac beriberi.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Memorial
Rifleman HERBERT LESLIE LAWRENCE is one of 30 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was among the 1689 Canadian soldiers taken Prisoners of War after the surrender of Hong Kong on December 25th, 1941, and is one of 267 of these soldiers who died while a POW. According to information compiled by Vincent Lopata and posted at the Hong Kong Veteran¿s Commorative Association website, Rifleman LAWRENCE died as a result of beriberi. http://www.cforce.hkvca.ca/battledeaths.htm -
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.
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Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
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Photo of HERBERT LESLIE LAWRENCE
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. -
Letter
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Document
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Rifleman Herbert Leslie Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herbert Leslie Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herbert Leslie Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herbert Leslie Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herbert Leslie Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herbert Leslie Lawrence
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Herbert Leslie Lawrence
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 180 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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