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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Percy Coleman Atwood
Name:
Percy Coleman Atwood
Rank:
Rifleman
Service No:
F40870
Service:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Date of Birth:
September 16, 1921
Place of Birth:
Riverhead, Shelburne Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
July 16, 1940
Place of Enlistment:
Aldershot, NS
Address At Enlistment:
Barrington, Shelburne Co., NS
Age at Enlistment:
19
Trade:
Farm hand
Marital Status:
Single
Next of Kin:
Winifred Coleman Atwood (Father) Barrington, Shelburne Co., NS
Date of Death:
December 23, 1941
Age at Death:
20
Memorial:
Sai Wan Memorial, Victoria, Hong Kong
Commemorated on Page 22 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on January 20, 21, and 22
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil laid a wreath at the Sai Wan Memorial, in his honour, on Sunday, 7 Sept 2014.
Rifelman Percy Coleman Atwood, one of eleven children, was the son of Winifred Coleman and Mabel Edith
Atwood, of Barrington, NS. He lived with parents prior to his enlistment. He trained at Aldershot,
NS and was assigned to the Royal Rifles where his training continued in Newfoundland
He sailed from Canadian with the Royal Rifles of Canada on October 27, 1941 in the
defence of the Hong Kong Colony. He was on a patrol party of thirty soldiers, under a British
Officer, and approaching the Repulse Bay Hotel when he was killed by enemy machine gun
Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese on 25 December 1941.
Sources and Information:
Veterans Affairs Canada
findagrave.com
Photo: Operation: Picture Me
1. see: Fall of Hong Hong - Yarmouth/Shelburne Counties, NS - Casualties/Prisoners of War