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Military service
Service number:
E/30485
Age:
28
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 12, 1914
South Bathurst, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
September 13, 1940
Cape Cove, Québec
Death:
January 17, 1943
Sham Shui Po Camp Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. G. 3.
Additional information
Son of Percy Wilbur and Greta Black, of South Bathurst, New Brunswick. Brother of Angus Frank Wilbur, service number E-30489, Royal Rifles of Canada, prisoner of war in Hong Kong and Japan; he survived the war.
Clarence served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 857 days of service, including 447 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defense Medal.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Clarence Joseph Gerald Wilbur
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Grave Marker
Justin Michael of Guelph, Ontario, lays soil from the family farm of Canadian soldier Clarence Wilbur at his grave in the Sai Wan War Cemetery. -
Photo of CLARENCE JOSEPH GERALD WILBUR
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
Rifleman Clarence Joseph Gerald Wilbur
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Clarence Joseph Gerald Wilbur
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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