Military service
Burial/memorial information
He served in Ontario with the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment (Highlanders) – NPAM – from 13 May 1940 until he was integrated in the regular forces of that regiment on 16 June 1940, deployed to the 1st Midland Regiment in St. John, New Brunswick, then to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada on 19 October 1941 to fight in Hong Kong with Force C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Inscription
Rifleman GARNET SCOBIE 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 GARNET SCOBIE 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Rifleman Garnet Scobie
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Rifleman Garnet Scobie
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Rifleman Garnet Scobie
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Rifleman Garnet Scobie
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Rifleman Garnet Scobie
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Rifleman Garnet Scobie
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Rifleman Garnet Scobie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 44 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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