Military service
Burial/memorial information
Served in Manitoba, Jamaica with Y Force and Hong Kong with C Force.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Specht Lake located southwest of Lake Egenolf in his honor in 1972.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private William Joseph Specht
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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 -
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 WILLIAM JOSEPH SPECHT 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 WILLIAM JOSEPH SPECHT 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. one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
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 William Specht
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. -
Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH SPECHT
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Specht
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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