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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 28, 1912
Québec, Québec
Enlistment:
July 9, 1940
Québec, Québec
Death:
December 23, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 23.
Additional information
Son of Ernest Henry Shepherd Woodside and Lillian Elizabeth Amy, of Québec, Québec. Ernest served during the First World War, as Honorary Captain, Canadian Army Pay Corps, from 1916 to 1919, in Canada, in England and in France, after he served for 16 years with the 8th Regiment Royal Rifles.
Arnold served form 28 April 1933 to 6 July 1940 with D Company, Royal Rifles of Canada – NPAM – in Québec, and with the regular forces, 1st Battalion, same regiment, in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W and in Hong Kong with Force C.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Arnold Raulin Smith Woodside
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Memorial
Lieutenant ARNOLD RAULIN SMITH WOODSIDE is one of 22 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 -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of ARNOLD RAULIN SMITH WOODSIDE
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.
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Lieutenant Arnold Raulin Smith Woodside
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Lieutenant Arnold Raulin Smith Woodside
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arnold Raulin Smith Woodside
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arnold Raulin Smith Woodside
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arnold Raulin Smith Woodside
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 48 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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