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Military service
Service number:
H/6901
Age:
43
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 31, 1899
Brandon, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 1, 1940
Death:
September 9, 1942
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 25.
Additional information
Son of LCol. Charles John Whillier and Ada Annie Whillier, of Brandon, Manitoba. Brother of Charles, Ernest and Annie. Husband of Hilda Frances (nee Baker) Whillier and father of Gladys Maureen and Kathleen Patricia, of Brandon, Manitoba. Lance Corporal Whillier also served in the First World War enlisting in 1917.
Lance Corporal Walter Clifford Whillier is commemorated on the Hong Kong Memorial Wall, Panel 3, Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Walter Clifford Whillier
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Hong Kong Memorial Wall
Lance Corporal Walter Clifford Whillier is commemorated on the Winnipeg Grenadiers section, Panel 3. -
Photo of Walter Whillier
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.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Walter Clifford Whillier
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Walter Clifford Whillier
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Walter Clifford Whillier
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Walter Clifford Whillier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 123 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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