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Military service
Service number:
E/29886
Age:
33
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 25, 1908
Barachois, Québec
Enlistment:
July 25, 1940
Gaspé, Québec
Death:
December 20, 1941
Repulse Bay, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 26.
Additional information
Son of George Joseph Tapp and Josephine Flynn, of Barachois, Québec. His sister, Private Mary Victoria Tapp, served with the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) in British Columbia during the Second World War.
He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 514 days of service, including 54 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Harry Joachim Tapp
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Inscription
Rifleman HARRY JOACHIM TAPP is one of 12 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Rifleman HARRY JOACHIM TAPP 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. -
Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of HARRY JOACHIM TAPP
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
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Rifleman Harry Joachim Tapp
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Rifleman Harry Joachim Tapp
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Joachim Tapp
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Joachim Tapp
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Joachim Tapp
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Joachim Tapp
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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