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Military service
Service number:
E/30365
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 24, 1920
New Richmond, Québec
Enlistment:
August 30, 1940
New Richmond, Québec
Death:
December 19, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 5.
Additional information
Son of Francois and Charlotte Cyr, of New Richmond, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Euclide Cyr
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Grave Marker
Rifleman EUCLIDE CYR is one 283 Canadian soldiers, 107 of whom are unidentified, who are buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers who were killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
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Rifleman EUCLIDE CYR was reported to have been Killed 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. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of EUCLIDE CYR
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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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Rifleman Euclide Cyr
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Rifleman Euclide Cyr
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Rifleman Euclide Cyr
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Rifleman Euclide Cyr
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Rifleman Euclide Cyr
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Rifleman Euclide Cyr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 27 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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