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Military service
Service number:
E/30585
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 3, 1917
Mechanic Settlement, Kings, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
November 25, 1940
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
December 26, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 25.
Additional information
Son of Timothy Mahoney and Bridget Elizabeth Layden, of Sussex, New Brunswick.
He first served 32 days, for a training session, with the 8th Hussars – NPAM. He served in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Québec, and in Hong Kong with Force C.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Memorial
Rifleman MURRAY TIMOTHY MAHONEY is one of 30 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He died of wounds substained during the defense of Hong Kong which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. In total 290 Canadian soldiers were killed and 493 were wounded in this battle. -
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 MURRAY TIMOTHY MAHONEY was reported Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 243rd 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 MURRAY TIMOTHY MAHONEY
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.
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Rifleman Murray Timothy Mahoney
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Rifleman Murray Timothy Mahoney
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Rifleman Murray Timothy Mahoney
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Rifleman Murray Timothy Mahoney
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Rifleman Murray Timothy Mahoney
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Rifleman Murray Timothy Mahoney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 37 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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