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  Remembering World War II
 
 
 
  Walter Leslie Moore
  Rifleman
  F/40761
   
  Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
   
  February 18, 1918 
  Kentville, Nova Scotia 
  June 17, 1940
  Aldershot, Nova Scotia 
  22 
  5 feet, 6¼ inches
  Fair
  Blue
  Brown
  Married
  Labourer
  Baptist
  Estelle Moore (Wife) Kentville, Nova Scotia
  December 23, 1941
  23
  Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong, China
  Column 25
  Commemorated on Page 39 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
  Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on January 31
  Walter Leslie Moore was the son of Charles Henry Moore and Bertha Christina (Shay) Moore, of 
  Kentville, Nova Scotia and the husband of Estelle Florence (Wheaton) Moore, of Kentville, Nova 
  Scotia.
  He enlisted with the West Nova Scotia Regiment at Aldershot, NS on June 17, 1940. Her transferred 
  to the 1st Battalion, Royal Rifles of Canada, on November 28, 1940.  He served in Nova Scotia, New 
  Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, and in Québec, and Hong Kong with Force C. 
  He was missing and presumed killed in action during the defence of Hong Kong on December 23, 
  1941.  
  107 Canadian soldiers, most of whom were killed or died 
  of wounds during the defence of Hong Kong, which took 
  place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941 have 
  no known graves.  There are 107 grave markers 
  inscribed “A Soldier of the 1939-1945” that contain 
  unidentified remains.  The names of the 107 Canadians 
  are listed on the Sai Wan Memorial. 
   
 
 
  Walter Leslie Moore
 
 
  
 
 
 
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