Military service
Burial/memorial information
Enrolled on July 15th, 1940 in the 2nd Battalion North Shore (MG) Regiment, D Company - NPAM - in Bathurst, New Brunswick, in the 1st Battalion Royal Rifles of Canada on August 29th, 1940, he served in Nova Scotia, Québec, Newfoundland with W Force, Hong Kong with C Force.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Photo of Edgar Doucet
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Biography
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Memorial
Rifleman EDGAR DOUCET 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 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 EDGAR DOUCET was reported as Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 243rd 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. -
Photo of EDGAR DOUCET
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.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edgar Doucet
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edgar Doucet
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edgar Doucet
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edgar Doucet
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edgar Doucet
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edgar Doucet
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edgar Doucet
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edgar Doucet
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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