Military service
Burial/memorial information
He served 30 jours in 1940, service number 457613, when he trained with the 31st CA(R)TC. Enlisted with the Stormont, Dundas and Glengary Regiment, he was deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, on 18 October 1941. He served in Québec, in Ontario and in Hong Kong with Force C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Kenneth John Major
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Inscription
Rifleman KENNETH JOHN MAJOR is one of 12 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Rifleman KENNETH JOHN MAJOR was reported Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 246th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on October 26, 1942. -
Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada
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Rifleman Kenneth John Major
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Kenneth John Major
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Kenneth John Major
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Kenneth John Major
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Kenneth John Major
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 37 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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