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 was the son of Charles Henry Moore (1898-1970) and Bertha Christina (Shay or Shea) Moore (1898-1968), of Kentville, Nova Scotia and the husband of Estelle ‘Stella’ Florence (Wheaton) Moore (b. 1916), of Kentville, Nova Scotia. His siblings were Raymond (1911-1944), Jessie Agnes Moore (1912-1966), Glorie I Moore (1921- 1921), Reginald William Moore (1922-1984), Marjorie Helen Moore (1924-1994), Garnet William Moore (1935-1997), Beatrice Moore (d. 1994). Walter’s brother Raymond Moore served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders Regiment and died on the second day of the D-Day Landing on June 7, 1944 in France. His brother Reginald William served with the Royal Canadian Engineers during the Second World War, and married Catherine Marion Muise (1925-2025), who was from East Chebogue and was born in Lower Melbourne, Yarmouth Co., NS; the daughter of Clifford Muise and Levina (Thibault) Muise. Walter enlisted with the West Nova Scotia Regiment at Aldershot, NS, and 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. Rifleman Walter Leslie Moore 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.

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