Military service
Burial/memorial information
He enlisted on October 30th, 1939 with the 2nd Armoured Canadian Regiment, B Quadron - NPAM - Regimental Number 3349, in Winnipeg, and later with the 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers to serve in Bermuda with B Force, Jamaica with Y Force and Hong Kong with C Force. He had 690 days of service, including 53 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Pare Lake located northwest of North Knife Lake in his honor in 1974.
1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
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Grave Marker
The Sai Wan Memorial is located at the entrance of Sai Wan Cemetery. 1,505 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War are buried or commemorated at this cemetery, of which 444 of the burials are the remains of unidentified soldiers, including those of 107 Canadian soldiers. This is one such grave marker, located in Section 9 Row D Grave 20. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Memorial
Private GABRIEL JOSEPH PARE is one of 27 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Private GABRIEL JOSEPH PARE was reported to have been 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. -
Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial
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. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of GABRIEL JOSEPH PARE
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. -
Photo of GABRIEL JOSEPH PARE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
Digital gallery of
Private Gabriel Joseph Paré
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 41 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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