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Military service
Service number:
E/30224
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 12, 1922
Glen Levit, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
August 15, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
December 22, 1941
Stanley Mound, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 26.
Additional information
Son of William Lanson Pollock and Georgina Annie Elizabeth Smith, of Glen Levit, New Brunswick.
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 494 days of service, including 56 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Digital gallery of Rifleman Duncan Malcolm Pollock
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Memorial
Rifleman DUNCAN MALCOLM POLLOCK 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 DUNCAN MALCOLM POLLOCK 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. -
Photo of DUNCAN MALCOLM POLLOCK
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of DUNCAN MALCOLM POLLOCK
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Duncan Malcolm Pollock
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Duncan Malcolm Pollock
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Duncan Malcolm Pollock
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Duncan Malcolm Pollock
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Duncan Malcolm Pollock
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Duncan Malcolm Pollock
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Duncan Malcolm Pollock
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 41 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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