C Force Reports and Stats - POW Casualties

The following tables show the prisoner of war casualty numbers for the various units. The data also compares the various drafts and time of the year. It is difficult to assign numbers for POWs at Hong Kong because of the drafts.

BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS

    Hong Kong 1st Draft 2nd Draft 3rd Draft 4th Draft Totals
Number of POWs per unit for each draft
  CDC   3       3
  CPC   3       3
  CProC   3 2     5
  CMSC   1 1     2
  RCAMC   1       1
  RCAPC   2       2
  RCASC   5 4     9
  RCCS   11 6   1 18
  RCOC   4 1     5
  Totals   33 14   1 48
Number of POW casualties per unit and time of year
1942 - 1st              
1942 - 2nd              
  RCASC 1         1
  RCCS 1         1
1942 - 3rd              
  RCAPC 1         1
  RCCS 2         2
  RCOC 1         1
1942 - 4th              
  CProC 1         1
  RCAPC 1         1
  RCASC 1         1
1943 - 1st              
1943 - 2nd              
1943 - 3rd              
1943 - 4th              
1944 - 1st              
  RCAPC   1       1
  RCASC     1     1
1944 - 2nd              
  CDC 1         1
  CProC   1 1     2
1944 - 3rd              
1944 - 4th              
1945 - 1st              
1945 - 2nd              
1945 - 3rd              
               
Totals   10 2 2     14
NOTES:
CDC Canadian Dental Corps
CPC Canadian Postal Corps
CProC Canadian Provost Corps
CMSC Corps of Military Staff Clerks
RCAMC The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
RCAPC The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps
RCASC The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
RCCS The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
RCOC The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps

1st Battalion THE ROYAL RIFLES OF CANADA

    Hong Kong 1st Draft 2nd Draft 3rd Draft 4th Draft Totals
Number of POWs for each draft
      377 158 44 21 600
Number of POW casualties per time of year
1942 - 1st   1         1
1942 - 2nd              
1942 - 3rd   9         9
1942 - 4th   39         39
1943 - 1st   7 1       8
1943 - 2nd     1       1
1943 - 3rd   2 4 4     10
1943 - 4th   1 1 14     16
1944 - 1st   1 6 20 1   28
1944 - 2nd     2 6     8
1944 - 3rd     2       2
1944 - 4th     2       2
1945 - 1st     1   1   2
1945 - 2nd   1 1       2
1945 - 3rd              
               
Totals   61 21 44 2   128

1st Battalion THE WINNIPEG GRENADIERS

    Hong Kong 1st Draft 2nd Draft 3rd Draft 4th Draft Totals
Number of POWs for each draft
      258 195 54 25 532
Number of POW casualties per time of year
1942 - 1st   2         2
1942 - 2nd   1         1
1942 - 3rd   13         13
1942 - 4th   30         30
1943 - 1st   3 2       5
1943 - 2nd   3         3
1943 - 3rd   1 1       2
1943 - 4th   8 1 12     21
1944 - 1st     3 21     24
1944 - 2nd   1 1 5     7
1944 - 3rd   1   2     3
1944 - 4th     1 3     4
1945 - 1st       1   1 2
1945 - 2nd       2     2
1945 - 3rd   1 2 4     7
               
Totals   64 11 50   1 126
NOTES:
Data was taken from database of individual soldiers of 'C' Force
REFERENCES:
1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2. "Canadian Prisoners of War and Missing Personnel in the Far East"; King's Printer; H.Q.S. 9050-14-15, Corrected 18 September 1945
3. NARA POW Camp List for POW Camps in Japan, Provided by Roger Mansell