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Military service
Service number:
E/30167
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 3, 1921
Restigouche, Québec
Enlistment:
August 9, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
December 23, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 25.
Additional information
Baptized Polycarpe Martin, on 4 December 1921, at Ste-Anne de Mann (now Restigouche) Church, Québec.
Son of Jean Louis Martin (alias John) and Jane Jérôme, of Restigouche, Québec.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Paul Martin
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Photo of Paul Martin
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Inscription
Rifleman PAUL MARTIN 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 PAUL MARTIN 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. -
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.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Paul Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Paul Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Paul Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Paul Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Paul Martin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Paul Martin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 37 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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