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Signalman John Lloyd Frederick Fairley

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Military service

Service number: K/34912
Age: 22
Rank: Signalman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Birth: December 16, 1919 Merritt, British Columbia
Enlistment: April 1, 1941 British Columbia
Death: December 22, 1941 Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong

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STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
Grave reference: 6. A. Coll. grave 1-12.
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Son of John Young Fairley and Helen Wandeford Hyland, of Port Alberni, British Columbia. John was a veteran of the First World War, enlisting in 1917 in the 1106th Forestry Draft of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, served in England and France with the 79th Battalion. John Lloyd was the brother of Privates Raymond and Kenneth Fairley, who fought in World War II and survived the fighting.

Served with the 10th Fortress Signals of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in British Columbia, Ontario, Nova Scotia, incorporated into C Force and posted as a signaler with the 1st Battalion Royal Rifles of Canada for Hong Kong. He was the first Canadian to be wounded in action during the Second World War. He had 266 days of service, including 56 overseas.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 29 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY Hong Kong

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, originally the Military Cemetery in which members of the Hong Kong Garrison and their families were buried, is situated just beyond the small fishing village of Stanley in the southern part of Hong Kong island on the Tai Tam Peninsula, which has Stanley Bay on the west and Tai Tam Bay on the north. From Stanley Village take the Wong Ma Kok Road. The cemetery is adjacent St Stephens College and is close to St Stephen's beach. It is reached from Victoria by car along a winding, hilly road which at first overlooks the harbour and mainland. After climbing to the pass called Wong Nei Cheng Gap the road descends to the sea at Repulse Bay and then continues along the rocky hillside to Stanley village.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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