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Military service
Service number:
E/30106
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 20, 1921
Campbellton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
August 9, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
December 23, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 25.
Additional information
Son of John Lebel and Elizabeth Roy, of Campbellton, New Brunswick.
His father John served in France and in Belgium during the First World War, service number 445459, with the 24th Battalion. Buried alive by the explosion of a shell on 18 June 1916 in Hooge, Belgium, he survived and was demobilized in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on 15 March 1918.
Valmont served in Québec, Newfoundland with Force W, and in Hong Kong with Force C.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Valmont Lebel
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Photo of VALMONT LEBEL
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Rifleman VALMONT LEBEL is one of 30 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, 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. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman VALMONT LEBEL was reported Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 243rd 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. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of VALMONT LEBEL
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
Rifleman Valmont Lebel
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Valmont Lebel
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Valmont Lebel
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Valmont Lebel
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Valmont Lebel
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Valmont Lebel
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Valmont Lebel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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