Military service
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He enlisted on March 20th, 1941 - NPAM - in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, on August 14th, 1941 in the Manitoba Volunteer Reserve - NRMA - regimental number H-600088 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on August 22th, 1941 in the 4th Division Signals of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, regimental number H-38860, served in Ontario, Nova Scotia, assigned as a signaler to the 1st Battalion of the Winnipeg Grenadiers and was drafted into C Force to fight in Hong Kong. He had 120 days of service, including 53 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Greenberg Lake located west of Lake Nejanilini in his honor in 1995.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Photo of Hymie Greenberg
Hymie Greenberg is honoured on page 33 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Grave Marker
Signalman HYMIE GREENBERG was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong from December 8th to December 25th, 1941 -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casualties in the Defense of Hong Kong and its Aftermath
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
Digital gallery of
Signalman Hymie Greenberg
Digital gallery of
Signalman Hymie Greenberg
Digital gallery of
Signalman Hymie Greenberg
Digital gallery of
Signalman Hymie Greenberg
Digital gallery of
Signalman Hymie Greenberg
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 31 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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