Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enlisted in the University of Manitoba Battalion - COTC - regimental number 768, February 2nd, 1941 in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada - NPAM, transferred to the regular forces of that regiment May 7th, 1941. Served in Manitoba, British Columbia, transferred to the 1st Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers in Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 18th, 1941, in Hong Kong with C Force. He had 229 days of service, including 55 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Lieutenant JAMES ARNOLD VICTOR DAVID is one of 18 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, 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
Lieutenant JAMES ARNOLD VICTOR DAVID was reported to have been Killed in Action in the Canadian Army's 243rd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 13, 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
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Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
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Unknown Marker
The Sai Wan Memorial is located at the entrance of Sai Wan Cemetery. 1,505 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War are buried or commemorated at this cemetery, of which 444 of the burials are the remains of unidentified soldiers, including those of 107 Canadian soldiers, most of whom were killed or died of wounds during the defense of Hong Kong, which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. This is one such grave marker. There is a possibility that the remains of Lieutenant JAMES ARNOLD VICTOR DAVID beneath this grave marker, or one of the other 106 grave markers in Sai Wan Cemetery that simply read, A SOLDIER OF THE 1939-1945 WAR. A CANADIAN REGIMENT. KNOWN UNTO GOD. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Photo of JAMES ARNOLD VICTOR DAVID
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. -
Roll of honour
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Group Photo
Jim David as known to family, before departure to Hong Kong, taken with Mary David (my mother) in front of Arnold & Enid David's home in Winnipeg. -
Photo of James Arnold Victor David
Augustine Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba HE LAID HIS HANDS UPON THEM AND BLESSED THEM. TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT JAMES ARNOLD VICTOR DAVID, KILLED IN ACTION AT HONG KING ON DECEMBER 21, 1941. ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS.
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Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
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Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Arnold Victor David
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 27 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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