Military service
Burial/memorial information
From the Cree Nation, he was trained under the NRMA of 1940, from 20 March 1941 to 31 August 1941, service number L-600051, released after 165 days of service, enlisted with the Winnipeg Grenadiers, service number L-2957, he served in Saskatchewan and Hong Kong with Force C. He had 81 days of service, including 49 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medals and Clasp.
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Memorial
Private EDGAR HERBERT BAPTISTE is one of 30 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
Private EDGAR HERBERT BAPTISTE 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
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Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
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Unknown 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 Private EDGAR HERBERT BAPTISTE lie beneath this grave marker. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Roll of honour
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Private Edgar Herbert Baptiste
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Private Edgar Herbert Baptiste
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Private Edgar Herbert Baptiste
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Private Edgar Herbert Baptiste
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 23 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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