Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was a reservist, lance-sergeant with the North Shore Regiment – NPAM – from 1937 to 1940. With the Royal Rifles of Canada, he served in New Brunswick, in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 469 days of service, including 56 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William John Smith
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Memorial
Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN SMITH is one of 18 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
Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN SMITH 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. -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John Telegraph Journal c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lance Corporal William John Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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