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Son of Thomas Frederick Smith and Florence Amelia Massey.
Brother of Private Frederick Cycil Smith, Regimental Number H-21006, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, killed in action in Belgium on October 23rd, 1944.
Enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Winnipeg Rifles - NPAM - Regimental Number H-321907, from April 28th, 1941 until his transfer to the regular forces of that battalion on May 2nd, 1941, Regimental Number H-41690, and transferred on October 22nd, 1941 to the 1st Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers to fight in Hong Kong with C Force and as a prisoner of war in Japan. He had 1,336 days of service, including 1,157 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Victor Smith Lake located east of Patch Lake in his honor in 1995. In 1998, a monument was erected at Meleb Park-Cumming in Meleb, Manitoba, on which his name was engraved.
Digital gallery of Private Victor Gordon Smith
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Private Victor Gordon Smith
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Private Victor Gordon Smith
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan
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