Military service
Burial/memorial information
Lorne served in Québec, Québec, in Sussex, New Brunswick, in Gander, Newfoundland, and in Hong Kong, where he was buried in the Stanley cemetery, before being reburied in Sai Wan, Hong Kong.
Mentioned in Despatches, 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
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Grave Marker
Corporal LORNE RAYBURN LATIMER is one 283 Canadian soldiers, 107 of whom are unidentified, who are buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers who were killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Newspaper Clipping
Corporal LORNE RAYBURN LATIMER was Unofficially Reported Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 165th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on September 29, 1942. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Grave Marker
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Corporal Lorne Rayburn Latimer
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Corporal Lorne Rayburn Latimer
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Corporal Lorne Rayburn Latimer
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Corporal Lorne Rayburn Latimer
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Corporal Lorne Rayburn Latimer
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 35 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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