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Son of Malcolm McGuire and Cora Belle Walker MacGuire, of Port Daniel West, Québec.
He served in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Québec and in Hong Kong with Force C, Royal Rifles of Canada. He had 423 days of service, including 59 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Rifleman RALPH ELDRED MCGUIRE 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. -
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Rifleman RALPH ELDRED MCGUIRE was reported to have been Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9th, 1943. -
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Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
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Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Eldred McGuire
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Page 38 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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