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Rifleman Andrew Muir Moir

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Military service

Service number: C/65625
Age: 17
Rank: Rifleman
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: August 13, 1924 Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Enlistment: March 8, 1941 Ontario
Death: December 25, 1941 Stanley, Hong Kong

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 5.C.11
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Son of David Moir and Janet Leishman McDonald, of Lindsay, Ontario. He stated being born on 7 March 1923 when he enlisted.

He served with the 56th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery – NPAM – from 25 February 1941 until he was deployed to the 1st Battalion, Midland Regiment, on 8 March 1941. On 23 October 1941, he was deployed to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, and added to Force C, to serve in Hong Kong.

One of his brothers, Alexander McDonald Moir, served overseas with the medical corps, Royal Canadian Air Force, and another brother, David Moir, with the 1st Division, Canadian Army. They both survived the war.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 39 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY Hong Kong

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, originally the Military Cemetery in which members of the Hong Kong Garrison and their families were buried, is situated just beyond the small fishing village of Stanley in the southern part of Hong Kong island on the Tai Tam Peninsula, which has Stanley Bay on the west and Tai Tam Bay on the north. From Stanley Village take the Wong Ma Kok Road. The cemetery is adjacent St Stephens College and is close to St Stephen's beach. It is reached from Victoria by car along a winding, hilly road which at first overlooks the harbour and mainland. After climbing to the pass called Wong Nei Cheng Gap the road descends to the sea at Repulse Bay and then continues along the rocky hillside to Stanley village.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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