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He first enrolled with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, was deployed on 18 October 1941 to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, and he served in Ontario, in Québec, and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 513 days of service, including 59 overseas.
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Lance Corporal Russell Vernon Poag
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Lance Corporal Russell Vernon Poag
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 41 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY Hong Kong
STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, originally the Military Cemetery in which members of the Hong Kong Garrison and their families were buried, is situated just beyond the small fishing village of Stanley in the southern part of Hong Kong island on the Tai Tam Peninsula, which has Stanley Bay on the west and Tai Tam Bay on the north. From Stanley Village take the Wong Ma Kok Road. The cemetery is adjacent St Stephens College and is close to St Stephen's beach. It is reached from Victoria by car along a winding, hilly road which at first overlooks the harbour and mainland. After climbing to the pass called Wong Nei Cheng Gap the road descends to the sea at Repulse Bay and then continues along the rocky hillside to Stanley village.
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