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Military service
Service number:
E/30067
Age:
19
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 21, 1922
Bury, Québec
Enlistment:
August 1, 1940
Bury, Québec
Death:
December 19, 1941
Lye Mun, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 23.
Additional information
Son of James Douglas Harrison and Isabel May Cameron (1981 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother) of Bury, Quebec.
Brother of Rifleman Edmond Cameron Harrison, who died in captivity in Japan.
Additional citations
War Medal 1939-1945, Pacific Star, 1939-1945 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
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Memorial
Lance Corporal ARGYLE CLAYTON HARRISON is one of 18 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. According to information compiled by Vincent Lopata and posted at the Hong Kong Veteran¿s Commorative Association website, Lance Corporal HARRISON was murdered by the Japanese at the Salesian Massacre. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Lance Corporal ARGYLE CLAYTON HARRISON was reported Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of ARGYLE CLAYTON HARRISON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Isabel Harrison was the National Silver Cross Mother in 1981. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Isabel Harrison was the National Silver Cross Mother in 1981. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Argyle Clayton Harrison
This photo shows Cameron (left) and Argyle Harrison. The IDs were written on the photo by my mother, Marjorie Elliot, who was a 2nd cousin of the brothers and knew them. You already have a photo on this web page that was excerpted from this larger photo, but it shows Cameron. As you can see, Argyle's face is a better match with the newspaper photo also on the web page. Cameron was also at Hong Kong. He is sometimes listed as Edmond C. Harrison, but he went by his middle name. It would be appropriate to add his photo to the web page you have for him.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Argyle Clayton Harrison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 32 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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