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Military service
Service number:
H/6774
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 4, 1920
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
January 26, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 25, 1941
Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. B. Coll. grave 3-14.
Additional information
Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Henrietta Kelly, of St. Vital, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Lawrence Bernard Joseph Kelly
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Grave Marker
Private LAWRENCE KELLY was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong from December 8th to December 25th, 1941 The Epitaph on the grave marker reads ¿ HE IS NOT DEAD HE IS JUST AWAY EVER REMEMBERED MUM DAD BROTHERS SISTERS R.I.P. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casualties in the Defense of Hong Kong and its Aftermath
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of Lawrence Kelly
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War II and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of LAWRENCE BERNARD JOSEPH KELLY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Private Lawrence Bernard Joseph Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Bernard Joseph Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Bernard Joseph Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Bernard Joseph Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Bernard Joseph Kelly
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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