March 10th, 2008, 07:50 PM
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Re: Hong Kong
Part 8
In the defence of Hong Kong, the Canadian toll was 23 officers and 267 other ranks killed, and 28 officers and 465 other ranks wounded. Death did not end with the surrender. “The Canadians were imprisoned in the foulest of conditions and had to survive brutal treatment and near-starvation. Many did not survive. Until early in 1943, the Canadians were kept in camps in Hong Kong. Four officers (including Lt.-Co. Sutcliff) and 125 other ranks died there. From January 1943 onwards, a total of one officer and 1,183 other ranks were taken to Japan, where they were forced to work in various industries, chiefly mining. Her again, conditions were extremely bad, and some of 135 of these men died. In all more than 550 of the 1,975 Canadians who sailed from Vancouver in October 1941 never returned.
I found the following this morning. I have only hard copy, which I thought wouln't be available to most of you so posted here. However, I found that Veterans Affairs have uploaded the electronic version of this and many other historical booklets.
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/series
 Canadians in Hong Kong
Canada - Belgium
The Scheldt
The 1942 Dieppe Raid
A Day of Remembrance Booklet
Canada and the Netherlands
Native Soldiers - Foreign Battlefields
The Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canada's Nursing Sisters
Valour at Sea - Canada's Merchant Navy
Here are newspaper articles on the defense of Hong Kong, http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/newspapers/operations/hongkong_e.html
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