Cree Moose Cree First Nation, ON
General Information | ||
Rank: | First Name: | Second Name: |
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Private | Bertrand | Cyril |
From: | Enlistment Region: | Date of Birth (y-m-d): |
Winnipeg MB | Manitoba | 1906-08-18 |
Appointment: | Company: | Platoon: |
D |
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.
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).
Camp ID | Camp Name | Location | Company | Type of Work | Arrival Date | Departure Date |
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HK-NP-01 | North Point | North Point, Hong Kong Island | N/A | N/A | ||
HK-AS-01 | Argyle Street | Kowloon, Hong Kong | N/A | N/A | ||
HK-SA-01 | Shamshuipo | Kowloon, Hong Kong | Capture | 42 Jan 22 | ||
HK-NP-02 | North Point | North Point, Hong Kong Island | 42 Jan 22 | 42 Sep 26 | ||
HK-SA-02 | Shamshuipo | Kowloon, Hong Kong | 42 Sep 26 | 43 Aug 15 | ||
JP-To-5B | Niigata-Rinko | Niigata-ken, Nakakambara-gun, Ogata-mura, Japan | Marutsu, Rinko Coal, Shintetsu | Stevedore labor at port of Niigata (Marutsu), primarily foodstuffs; mining coal (Rinko Coal ) and labor at a foundry (Shintetsu) | 43 Sep 02 | 45 Jul 15 |
Draft Number | Name of Ship | Departure Date | Arrival Date | Arrival Port | Comments | Reference |
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XD4B | Manryu Maru | 43 Aug 15 | 43 Sep 01 | Osaka, Japan | Brief stopover in Taihoku (Taipei), Formosa (Taiwan); then 2 day stopover at northern point for stool tests | Tony Banham |
A map detailing the location of this feature can be found in this soldier's vault. (See Vault explanation below in the Links and Other Resources block) .
Site Description | Location | Province | Map Reference | Lat/Long | Date |
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Moore Point | on Utik Lake, Manitoba | Manitoba | 53 M/04 | 55 14' 24"; 95 55' 46" | 1995 |
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Date of Death (y-m-d) | Cause of Death | Death Class | |
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1944-01-02 | Croup Pneumonia, Beri Beri | Died while POW | |
Cemetery Location | Cemetery | Grave Number | Gravestone Marker |
Jido-Yuenchi-Dori Hodogaya Japan | Yokohama War Cemetery | Cdn. Sec. A. D. 13. | NA |
One of the Winnipeg Grenadiers who fought at Hong Kong, PTE. BERTRAND C. MOORE has been officially reported missing. He is the son of the late T. C. Moore, a former employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, and Mrs. Moore, who is living at Cochrane, Ont. Mrs. Moore received word from Ottawa this weekend, notifying her that Pte. Moore was missing.
His full name is Bertrand Cyril Augustus Moore. Son of Thomas Charles Moore and Ellen Rose Cheecho or Tisho, of the Cree Nation, Cochrane, Ontario. Brother of Private Edward Frederick Moore, regimental number B-148991, killed in action on July 28th, 1944 in Normandy, France, while serving with the 18th Canadian Field Artillery, and Private Grace V. Moore, regimental number W-20931, Canadian Army. She survived the war. Served in Manitoba, Jamaica with Y Force, Hong Kong with C Force and Japan as a prisoner of war.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Moore Point located on Utik Lake in his honor in 1995.
Citation(s): 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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