Members of 'C' Force from the East travelled across Canada by CNR troop train, picking up reinforcements enroute. Stops included Valcartier, Montreal, Ottawa, Armstrong ON, Capreol ON, Winnipeg, Melville SK, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper, and Vancouver, arriving in Vancouver on Oct 27 at 0800 hrs.
The Winnipeg Grenadiers and the local soldiers that were with Brigade Headquarters from Winnipeg to BC travelled on a CPR train to Vancouver.
All members embarked from Vancouver on the ships AWATEA and PRINCE ROBERT. AWATEA was a New Zealand Liner and the PRINCE ROBERT was a converted cruiser. "C" Company of the Rifles was assigned to the PRINCE ROBERT, everyone else boarded the AWATEA. The ships sailed from Vancouver on Oct 27th and arrived in Hong Kong on November 16th, having made brief stops enroute at Honolulu and Manila.
Equipment earmarked for 'C' Force use was loaded on the ship DON JOSE, but would never reach Hong Kong as it was rerouted to Manila when hostilities commenced.
On arrival, all troops were quartered at Nanking Barracks, Sham Shui Po Camp, in Kowloon.
Battle Information
We do not have specific battle information for this soldier in our online
database. For a detailed description of the battle from a
Canadian perspective, visit Canadian Participation in the Defense of Hong Kong (published by the Historical Section, Canadian Military Headquarters).
View a map showing all commemorative features on
Google Earth (a Hope Hinchey project).
Site Description
Location
Province
Map Reference
Lat/Long
Date
Sioux Lake
Tadoule Lake, Manitoba, southwest of
Manitoba
64 J/07
58 23' 11"; 98 34' 42"
1975
Death and Cemetery Information
Date of Death (y-m-d)
Cause of Death
Death Class
Death Ref
1942-11-16
Bilateral Acute lobar Pneumonia
Died while POW
Cemetery Location
Cemetery
Grave Number
Gravestone Marker
Cape Collinson Road Chai Wan Hong Kong China
Sai Wan War Cemetery
VIII. F. 1.
NA
Gravestone Image
Obituary / Life Story
No information found.
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Service numbers for officers are locally generated for
reporting only. During World War II officers were not allocated service
numbers until 1945.
'C' Force soldiers who died overseas are memorialized in the Second World War Book of Remembrance and the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, both sponsored by Veterans Affairs Canada. Please use the search utility at VAC to assist you.
Some birthdates and deathdates display as follows: 1918-00-00. In general, this indicates that we
know the year but not the month or day.
Our POW camp links along with our References link (near the bottom of the 'C' Force home page) are designed to give you a starting point for your research.
There were many camps with many name changes. The best resource for all POW
camps in Japan is the Roger Mansell
Center for Research site.
In most cases the rank displayed was the rank held before hostilities. Some veterans were promoted at some point prior to eventual post-war release from the army back in Canada. When notified of these changes we'll update the individual's record.
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Related documentation for information published in this report may be available.
Researchers have added significant content on some 'C' Force members in
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using the member's service number.
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