Profile image
Military service
Service number:
F/78585
Age:
25
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C
Birth:
November 17, 1919
Meat Cove, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
June 20, 1941
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Death:
May 1, 1945
Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 14.
Additional information
Son of Paul and Effie MacLellan, of Meat Cove, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia. Brother of Allan, Augustine, Willie, Johnie, George, Mrs. John MacEachern, Mrs. Collie MacKinnon, Mrs. Pius Brown and Mrs. Simon L. MacKinnon.
Additional citations
Mentioned in Despatches, Canada Gazette, Number 10, dated 9 March 1946.<BR> 1939-45 Star<BR> Italy Star <BR> France and Germany Star<BR> Defence Medal<BR> 1939-45 War Medal <BR> Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Hector Daniel MacLellan
-
Press Clipping
-
Press Clipping
-
Commemorative Album cover
-
commemorative poem
-
Biography
Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Hector McLellan
Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hector Daniel MacLellan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hector Daniel MacLellan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hector Daniel MacLellan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hector Daniel MacLellan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hector Daniel MacLellan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hector Daniel MacLellan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Hector Daniel MacLellan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 543 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.