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Private George Walter Sayers

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Military service

Service number: L/2862
Age: 35
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth: January 4, 1907 Bresaylor, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: June 7, 1941 North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Death: December 22, 1942 Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: VIII. E. 24.
Additional information
Son of John Sayers and Elizabeth Pruden. Husband of Harriet Malvina Wells (a.k.a. Henrietta Melvina), of Battleford, Saskatchewan. Father of Beatrice Audrey, Suzanne, Gerald Harvey, Violet Muriel, Ernest Walter, Claude Bernard, Phillip Orvile, all of Saskatchewan.

He enlisted with the Saskatoon Light Infantry and transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada on October 25th, 1941 to fight in Hong Kong with C Force. He had 564 days of service, including 421 overseas.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Saskatchewan government named Sayers Lake in his honor.

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 112 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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