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Military service
Service number:
C/6368
Age:
27
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 6, 1914
Marmora, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 15, 1940
Picton, Ontario
Death:
December 23, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
Son of William Robert Linn and Margaret Cosbey, of Marmora, Ontario. Husband of Pauline Wanda Rutherford, of Campbellford, Ontario.
He enrolled with the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment before being deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada. He had 525 days of service, including 55 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal ad Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman James William Linn
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Memorial
Rifleman JAMES WILLIAM LINN 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 JAMES WILLIAM LINN 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.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Linn
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Linn
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Linn
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Linn
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Linn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 36 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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