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Military service
Service number:
E/30444
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 28, 1917
Hopetown, Québec
Enlistment:
September 10, 1940
New Carlilse, Québec
Death:
September 6, 1942
Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. E. 19.
Additional information
Son of Roland Edwin Ross and Clara Olive Ross, of Hopetown, Bonaventure, Québec. Husband of Opal Gladys Chatterton, of Hopetown, Québec. Father of Stella Olive Joan Ross and Gladys Jean Ross.
He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C, and was made prisoner of war. He had 727 days of service, including 314 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Cyril Matthew Ross
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Photo of Cyril Matthew Ross
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cyril Matthew Ross
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 111 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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