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Rifleman Malcolm Firth

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Military service

Service number: E/30735
Age: 18
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: June 22, 1924 Saint John, New Brunswick
Enlistment: July 19, 1941 Matapédia, Québec
Death: August 28, 1942 Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: VIII. B. 13.
Additional information

He was born as Malcolm Richard Thompson. Son of Genevieve (aka Jennie) Thompson of Dawsonville, New Brunswick, adoptive parents Ivan Firth and Susan Teressa Thompson, uncle and aunt.

Ivan enlisted on January 14th, 1918 in the New Brunswick Regiment, regimental number 3255061, in Saint John, New Brunswick. He did not fight in the First World War.

Served in Québec, New Brunswick, Hong Kong with C Force. He had 406 days of service, including 305 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 73 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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