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Military service
Service number:
H/6301
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 2, 1911
Morris, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 13, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 21, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 26.
Additional information
Son of William and Myrtie Lawrie of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Husband of Irene Lawrie of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Memorial
Private KEITH LAWRIE is one of 30 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Private KEITH LAWRIE 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. -
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. There is a possibility that the remains of Private KEITH LAWRIE lie beneath this grave marker. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Photo of KEITH LAWRIE
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 Keith Lawrie
Digital gallery of
Private Keith Lawrie
Digital gallery of
Private Keith Lawrie
Digital gallery of
Private Keith Lawrie
Digital gallery of
Private Keith Lawrie
Digital gallery of
Private Keith Lawrie
Digital gallery of
Private Keith Lawrie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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