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Military service
Service number:
E/30288
Age:
25
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 25, 1916
Big Brook, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
August 26, 1940
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
December 25, 1941
Stanley, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 25.
Additional information
Son of Charles Edward MacLean and Annie Cummings, of River Denys, Nova Scotia. He stated being born in River Denys when he enlisted.
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W and in Hong Kong with Force C. His brother Murdo A. MacLean served in Europe during the Second World War and survived the war.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Charles Lewis MacLean
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Memorial
Rifleman CHARLES LEWIS MACLEAN 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. -
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
Rifleman CHARLES LEWIS MACLEAN was reported Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 242nd 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Rifleman Charles Lewis MacLean
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Lewis MacLean
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Lewis MacLean
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Lewis MacLean
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Lewis MacLean
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Lewis MacLean
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 36 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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