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Rifleman Ronald Albert Gover

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Military service

Service number: B/38359
Age: 23
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: January 8, 1921 London, United Kingdom
Enlistment: June 25, 1941 Bracebridge, Ontario
Death: January 9, 1944 Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: VIII. B. 23.
Additional information
Son of William Francis Gover and Mary Ann Victoria Neale. His brother, Private Gordon Victor Gover, regimental number B-67215, Royal Regiment of Canada, was taken prisoner at Dieppe, France, on August 19th, 1942. He survived the war.

Enlisted in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, he served in Ontario, transferring on October 18th, 1941 to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada to fight in Hong Kong with C Force. He had 929 days of service, including 804 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Related media

Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 319 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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