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Military service
Age:
45
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 10, 1897
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 2, 1939
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 22, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 43.
Additional information
Son of John and Margaret Poag of Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Winifred Poag of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain Herbert Victor Poag
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Press Clipping
Source: Toronto Daily Star December 8, 1942 -
Attestation paper
Attestation Paper Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation paper
Attestation Paper Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Memorial scroll
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry memorial scroll for Dieppe. On display at the Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote VC, CD Armoury, Hamilton, Ontario. -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, just outside the Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator c. 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator .c1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
Digital gallery of
Captain Herbert Victor Poag
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 107 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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