Military service
Service number:
E/30672
Age:
30
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 21, 1911
Inverness, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
February 24, 1941
Québec, Québec
Death:
December 23, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 25.
Additional information
Born as Joseph Jamieson McIsaac. Son of John D. McIsaac and Beatrice K. Watson.
Brother of Private Edward William McIsaac, regimental number 878132, wounded in action in France in 1918 with the 85th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He survived the battle.
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Photo of Joseph McIsaac
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
Rifleman JOSEPH MCISAAC was reported Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 243rd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
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From the Royal Canadian Legion War Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the Royal Canadian Legion War Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Memorial
Rifleman JOSEPH MCISAAC is one of 30 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.
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Rifleman Joseph McIsaac
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Rifleman Joseph McIsaac
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Rifleman Joseph McIsaac
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph McIsaac
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph McIsaac
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph McIsaac
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Rifleman Joseph McIsaac
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Rifleman Joseph McIsaac
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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