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Military service
Service number:
E/30102
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 25, 1917
Broadlands, Québec
Enlistment:
August 1, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
December 19, 1941
Lye Munn Gap, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
Baptized George Robert Calder at the Presbyterian Church in Pointe-à-la-Croix, Bonaventure, on 7 March 1919.
Son of Stanley Calder and Lucy May Ross, of Broadlands, Québec. Brother of Privates Kenneth and Cyril Thaddacus Calder, who served in Europe during the Second World War and survived the conflict.
George served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 506 days of service, including 53 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman George Calder
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Memorial
Rifleman GEORGE CALDER is one of 20 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman GEORGE CALDER was reported as Killed in Action in the Canadian Army¿s 242nd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of George Calder
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. -
Photo of George Calder
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Rifleman George Calder
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Calder
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Calder
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Calder
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Calder
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Calder
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Calder
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 25 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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