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Military service
Service number:
E/30081
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 15, 1917
Penicuick, Midlothian, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 9, 1940
Chicoutimi, Québec
Death:
December 22, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 23.
Additional information
Son of Peter McNab and Lura Elizabeth Kempffer, of New Carlisle, Québec.
He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 501 days of service, including 56 days overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defense Medal, Hong Kong Bar.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Lorne Richard McNab
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Memorial
Sergeant LORNE RICHARD MCNAB is one of 22 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 -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of LORNE RICHARD MCNAB
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. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Sergeant Lorne Richard McNab
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Sergeant Lorne Richard McNab
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Lorne Richard McNab
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Lorne Richard McNab
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Lorne Richard McNab
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Lorne Richard McNab
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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