Military service
Burial/memorial information
Husband of Henriette Gertrude Lyons, of Flatlands, New Brunswick; she was the widow of James Augustus Mann, with whom she had two children, and future wife of James Frank Dolman, service number G-27663, of the 10th Independant Machine Gun Company, New Brunswick Rangers, who was killed in action on 14 April 1945 in Haar, Germany. Leo Francis was the adoptive father of the two children of his wife, and father of Elizabeth Nellis.
Leo Francis served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W and in Hong Kong with Force C. He was buried in the Stanley cemetery in Hong Kong, but his grave was destroyed because of the combats. He had 436 days of service, including 59 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Memorial
Rifleman LEO FRANCIS NELLIS 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 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 LEO FRANCIS NELLIS was reported 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. -
Circumstances of death
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Rifleman Leo Francis Nellis
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Rifleman Leo Francis Nellis
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Rifleman Leo Francis Nellis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leo Francis Nellis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leo Francis Nellis
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Rifleman Leo Francis Nellis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 40 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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