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Military service
Service number:
H/6637
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 10, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 26, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
November 17, 1942
Sham Shui Po Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. E. 16.
Additional information
Son of Edward Robinson and Alice Lee Laverty. Husband of Lillian May Wilson of New Westminster, British Columbia.
Served in Manitoba, Bermuda with Force B, Jamaica with Force Y and Hong Kong with Force C. He had 1,375 days of service, including 612 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Henry Robinson Lake located west of Seller Lake in his honor in 1964.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Robinson
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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 -
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Temporary grave marker
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Photo of Henry Robinson
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Robinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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