Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enrolled in the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada - NPAM - in 1939, then in the regular forces of the 1st Battalion of that regiment on June 17th, 1941, served in Ontario, New Brunswick, transferred on October 18th, 1941 to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Rifles of Canada and sent to Hong Kong with C Force. He had 193 days of service, including 60 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Biography
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Memorial
Rifleman ALFRED ARMSTRONG DIXON is one of 20 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He died of wounds substained during the defense of Hong Kong which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. In total 290 Canadian soldiers were killed and 493 were wounded in this battle. -
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 ALFRED ARMSTRONG DIXON was reported as Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of ALFRED ARMSTRONG DIXON
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. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Alfred Armstrong Dixon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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