Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Anton (aka Anthony Alex) Pastuck and Dora Rawluk, of Sleeman, Ontario.
Brother of Private William Pastuck, regimental number H-20322, Canadian Army, and Airwoman Eva Lena Pastuck, regimental number W-312819, Canadian Air Force. They survived the war.
Served with the 2nd Battalion of the Lake Superior Regiment - NPAM - regimental number H-540335, October 9th to November 7th, 1940, then enlisted in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, regimental number H-41790, June 9th, 1941, served in Manitoba and Ontario, and transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Winnipeg Grenadiers on October 25th, 1941 to fight in Hong Kong with C Force.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Nicholas Pastuck
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Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Nick Pastuck
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Cemetery
Sai Wan Cemetary where Nicholas pastuck is buried. -
Grave Marker
Nicholas Pastuck's gravestone located in the Sai Wan Cemetary in Hong Kong -
Grave Marker
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Cemetery
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Letter
Page 1 of a letter received in 1997 from Veterans Affairs which speaks of Nicholas's time in the military. It provides dates of joining the Army and being shipped overseas. It also speaks of his capture, date and cause of death. -
Letter
Page 2 of a letter received in 1997 from Veterans Affairs which speaks of Nicholas's time in the military. It provides dates of joining the Army and being shipped overseas. It also speaks of his capture, date and casue of death. -
Letter
Letter received in 1947 about the location of Nicholas's grave. -
Letter
Envelope from which Nicholas's medals were received for service during World War II. -
Japanese Prisoner of War Card
Page 1 of a Japanese Prisoner of War Card for Nicholas PASTUCK. -
Page 2 of a Japanese Prisoner of War
Page 2 of a Japanese Prisoner of War Card for Nicholas PASTUCK. -
Letter
A letter dated July 7, 1942 to the POW's families about the first ship sailing to the POW camps with mail and supplies. -
Letter
A letter dated September 3, 1942 to the POW's families about the first mail arriving from the POW camps in Hong Kong. The initial letters were heavily sensored by the Japanese. No letter was received from Nicholas PASTUCK at that time. -
Letter
A letter dated October 1, 1943 the family of Nicholas PASTUCK received a letter from the Government along with a card from Nicholas PASTUCK. Unfortunately the card from Nicholas PASTUCK can not currently be found. It is not know what he said on the card to his family. -
Letter
On July 27, 1943, a letter was sent to the PASTUCK family notifiying them of the passing of Nicholas PASTUCK. Nicholas PASTUCK died in a Japanese POW camp in Hong Kong. -
Document
On February 17, 1944 a letter was sent to the PASTUCK family notifying them of Nicholas PASTUCK'S date of death. Nicholas PASTUCK died on September 26, 1942. Nicholas PASTUCK had been in the Japanese POW camp since December 15, 1941. -
Letter
A letter from the Government of Canada to Families of Canadian Soldiers who were serving in Hong Kong at the time of the Japanese invasion. The status of the Canadian Soldiers were unknown until October 17, 1942. This was almost ten months after the invasion and take over of Hong Kong. -
Letter
October 29, 1942 a letter was sent from the Canadian Government to the families of the Canadian POW's detailing their efforts to start mail service between the POW's and the their families. The letter also speaks of efforts to bring medical supplies to the POW camps. -
Reburial Document
Notification of the reburial of Nicholas PASTUCK on June 18, 1947, to his current place of rest at the Sai Wan Military Cemetary. -
Letter
A letter dated April 15, 1942 to the POW's families about the possibility of sending and receiving mail with the soldiers in the Japanese prisoner camps. -
Telegram
On July 19, 1943, a telegraph was deliverd to the PASTUCK family notifiying them of the passing of Nicholas PASTUCK. Nicholas PASTUCK died in a Japanese POW camp in Hong Kong. -
Telegram
On July 20, 1943, a telegraph was deliverd to the Government notiying them that the next of kin notification was completed for Nicholas PASTUCK.
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
Digital gallery of
Private Nicholas Pastuck
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 105 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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