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Military service
Service number:
E/30113
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 31, 1922
Dalhousie Junction, Restigouche, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
August 10, 1940
Québec
Death:
March 23, 1944
Camp Tokyo 3D, Japan
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Cdn Sec. A. B. 16.
Additional information
Waldo Sterling Hamilton, son of William Charles Hamilton and Alice Grace McDonald, of Campbellton, New Brunswick.
Served in Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland with Force W, Hong Kong with Force C, Japan as a prisoner of war. He had 1,322 days of service, including 878 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Sterling Hamilton
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Photo of Sterling Hamilton
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 Sterling Hamilton
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Circumstances of death
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Letter
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Letter
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Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sterling Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sterling Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sterling Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sterling Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sterling Hamilton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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