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Military service
Service number:
E/30733
Age:
30
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 23, 1911
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
July 16, 1941
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
December 25, 1941
Village Stanley, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 26.
Additional information
Son of George Noseworthy and Ida Bella Whitten. Husband of Jean F. Whelan, of Fort Erie, Ontario.
Father of Heber Noseworthy and Gerald Lloyd Noseworthy.
He served in Newfoundland with Force W and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 163 days of service, including 59 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defense Medal.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Percy Ralph Noseworthy
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Memorial
Rifleman PERCY RALPH NOSEWORTHY 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 PERCY RALPH NOSEWORTHY was reported Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Percy Ralph Noseworthy
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Percy Ralph Noseworthy
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Percy Ralph Noseworthy
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Percy Ralph Noseworthy
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Percy Ralph Noseworthy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 40 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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