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Military service
Service number:
E/30508
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 21, 1918
Jacquet River, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
September 17, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
December 23, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
He was baptized catholically as John Fidèle Furlotte.
Son of Emanuel Firlotte and Estella Agatha Elsliger. Husband of Marie Andrée Bélanger of Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Served in Québec, Newfoundland with W Force, Hong Kong with C Force. He had 463 days of service, including 57 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Fidell Firlotte
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Memorial
Rifleman JOHN FIDELL FIRLOTTE is one of 18 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 JOHN FIDELL FIRLOTTE was reported to have Died of Wounds in the Canadian Army's 246th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on October 26, 1942. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
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Rifleman John Fidell Firlotte
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Fidell Firlotte
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Fidell Firlotte
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Fidell Firlotte
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Fidell Firlotte
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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