Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Benoit Pépin and Isabel Tanner, of St-Lazare, Manitoba.
A Cree Métis, he enlisted in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, served in Manitoba, Ontario, transferred on October 22nd, 1941 to the 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers to fight in Hong Kong with C Force. He had 186 days of service, including 53 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Peppin Lake located northwest of Wekusko in his honor in 1973.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Louis Peppin
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
Private LOUIS PEPPIN is one of 27 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, 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
Private LOUIS PEPPIN was reported to have Died of Wounds, in the Canadian Army¿s 246th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 12, 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Louis Peppin
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War II and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Peppin
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Peppin
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Peppin
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Peppin
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Peppin
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Peppin
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Peppin
Digital gallery of
Private Louis Peppin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 41 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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