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Military service
Service number:
B/68205
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 3, 1921
Chesley, Bruce, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 9, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 23, 1941
Stone Hill, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 16.
Additional information
Son of George Clement Jackson and Charlotte Allen, of Wiarton, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Ray Donald Jackson
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Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Grave Marker
Rifleman RAY DONALD JACKSON 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Rifleman RAY DONALD JACKSON 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 9th, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ray Donald Jackson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ray Donald Jackson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ray Donald Jackson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ray Donald Jackson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ray Donald Jackson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ray Donald Jackson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ray Donald Jackson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 33 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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