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Military service
Service number:
H/6005
Age:
39
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 31, 1902
Lurgan, Armagh
Enlistment:
September 4, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 22, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
Son of William and Isabella Long of United Kingdom. Brother of James Long who was killed in action on July 1, 1916 while serving with Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Long
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Memorial
Sergeant JOHN LONG is one of 20 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
Sergeant JOHN LONG was reported to have Died of Wounds in the Canadian Army's 246th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 12, 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. -
Grave 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 Sergeant JOHN LONG lie beneath this grave marker, or one of the other 106 grave markers in Sai Wan Cemetery that simply read, A SOLDIER OF THE 1939-1945 WAR. A CANADIAN REGIMENT. KNOWN UNTO GOD. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Photo of JOHN LONG
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. -
Photo of JOHN LONG
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Sergeant John Long
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Long
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Long
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Long
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Long
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Long
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Long
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Long
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 36 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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