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Military service
Service number:
H/6922
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 20, 1909
MacGregor, Manitoba
Enlistment:
April 21, 1941
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Death:
December 19, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 26.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Jane Kilfoyle of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Wesley Newman Kilfoyle
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Memorial
Private WESLEY NEWMAN KILFOYLE is one of 19 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, 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. According to information compiled by Vincent Lopata and posted at the Hong Kong Veteran¿s Commorative Association website, Private KILFOYLE was murdered by the Japanese after being captured by them and found to have sustained a ¿stomach wound too bad [for him] to march¿. http://www.cforce.hkvca.ca/battledeaths.htm -
Newspaper Clipping
Private WESLEY NEWMAN KILFOYLE was reported to have been Killed in Action 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. -
Unknown Marker
The Sai Wan Memorial is located at the entrance of Sai Wan Cemetery. 1,505 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War are buried or commemorated at this cemetery, of which 444 of the burials are the remains of unidentified soldiers, including those of 107 Canadian soldiers, most of whom were killed or died of wounds during the defense of Hong Kong, which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. This is one such grave marker. Although the identity of the soldier is only ¿Known Unto God¿, there is a possibility that the remains of Private WESLEY NEWMAN KILFOYLE lie beneath this grave marker. All of the unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Photo of WESLEY NEWMAN KILFOYLE
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Newman Kilfoyle
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Newman Kilfoyle
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Newman Kilfoyle
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Newman Kilfoyle
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Newman Kilfoyle
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Newman Kilfoyle
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Newman Kilfoyle
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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