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Military service
Service number:
E/30276
Age:
30
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 18, 1911
Pori
Enlistment:
August 23, 1940
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
August 20, 1942
Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. A. 4.
Additional information
Son of John Antila and Alma Suleima Ketergold. Husband of Laurette Roy, of Montréal, Québec. Father of Allen John and Robert Romeo Antila.
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in New Brunswick, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 763 days of service, including 338 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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