Military service
Burial/memorial information
He served with the Grey & Simcoe Foresters – NPAM – from 10 June to 4 October 1940, service number 1268, then with the Royal Regiment of Canada, service number B-49394, from 28 May to 23 October 1941, when he was deployed to the Royal Rifles of Canada and to Force C for Hong Kong.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
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Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
Lance Corporal JAMES WERIN MOHAN is one of 18 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
Lance Corporal JAMES WERIN MOHAN 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.
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Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of James Werin Mohan
In memory of the students from Midland High School who served during World War 11 and did not return. Photos submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, on behalf of Midland Legion Branch 80 190 Queen St. Midland, Ontario. -
Family Memorial
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Group Photo
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Attestation paper
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Circumstances of death
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Telegram
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Letter
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Letter
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Werin Mohan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 39 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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