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Military service
Service number:
E/30259
Age:
25
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 10, 1917
Port Daniel, Québec
Enlistment:
August 18, 1940
New Carlisle, Québec
Death:
November 18, 1942
Sham Shui Po Camp Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 13.
Additional information
Baptized Herbert Frederick Sweetman. Son of Philip Norwood Sweetman and Della Ethel May Sullivan, of Port Daniel, Bonaventure, Québec. His brother, William Ernest Sweetman, service number 450971, served with the Fusiliers du St-Laurent during the Second World War, and his sister, Ethel Jean Sweetman, service number W312954, with the Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division). They survived the war.
Herbert served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, where he died as prisoner of war. He had 823 days of service, including 387 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Herbert Sweetman
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Photo of HERBERT SWEETMAN
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.
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Rifleman Herbert Sweetman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 118 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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