Military service
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Aksel served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. Promoted Corporal on 1 November 1941 on board HMCS Prince Robert (F56). He had 477 days of service, including 56 overseas.
He is inscribed as Corporal Aksel George “Anderson” Sannes on page 43 of the Book of Remembrance.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
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Grave Marker
Lance Corporal AKSEL GEORGE ANDERSON SANNES 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 killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Newspaper Clipping
Lance Corporal AKSEL GEORGE ANDERSON SANNES was reported to have been 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. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
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Corporal Aksel George Andersen Sannes
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Corporal Aksel George Andersen Sannes
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Corporal Aksel George Andersen Sannes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 43 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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