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 |
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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 |