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Military service
Service number:
E/30623
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 22, 1921
Ferguson Manor, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
November 15, 1940
Matapédia, Québec
Death:
December 26, 1941
Stanley Mound, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
Son of William Albert Boudreau and Laura Barclay Fraser, of Glen Levit, New Brunswick.
He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 407 days of service, including 60 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Memorial
Rifleman VANCE EVERETT BOUDREAU is one of 22 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He died of wounds substained during the defense of Hong Kong which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. In total 290 Canadian soldiers were killed and 493 were wounded in this battle. -
Inscription
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.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman VANCE EVERETT BOUDREAU was reported as Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 1943.
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Rifleman Vance Everett Boudreau
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Rifleman Vance Everett Boudreau
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Rifleman Vance Everett Boudreau
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Rifleman Vance Everett Boudreau
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 24 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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