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Military service
Service number:
E/30253
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 15, 1917
Shigawake, Québec
Enlistment:
August 17, 1940
New Carlisle, Québec
Death:
December 22, 1941
Stanley Mound, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 26.
Additional information
Son of John Herrington Sullivan and Margaret Susan Dow, of Shigawake, Québec.
He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 493 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 Fergus Sullivan
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Inscription
Rifleman FERGUS SULLIVAN is one of 12 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. -
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Rifleman FERGUS SULLIVAN 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. -
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. -
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Fergus Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Fergus Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Fergus Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Fergus Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Fergus Sullivan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Fergus Sullivan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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