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Alfred matthews facebook12/8/2023 Five years were spent overseas during the Second World War. Dad was born on July 13, 1912, to Mae and Charles Matthews, living most of his life in St. Wounded InformationĪLFRED STANLEY MATTHEWS Peacefully on July 10, 2007, just three days prior to his 95th birthday, Alfred Stanley Matthews passed away surrounded by his family. For a detailed description of the battle from aĬanadian perspective, visit Canadian Participation in the Defense of Hong Kong (published by the Historical Section, Canadian Military Headquarters). We do not have specific battle information for this soldier in our onlineĭatabase. On arrival, all troops were quartered at Nanking Barracks, Sham Shui Po Camp, in Kowloon. 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.Įquipment 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. ![]() "C" Company of the Rifles was assigned to the PRINCE ROBERT, everyone else boarded the AWATEA. AWATEA was a New Zealand Liner and the PRINCE ROBERT was a converted cruiser. ![]() The Winnipeg Grenadiers and the local soldiers that were with Brigade Headquarters from Winnipeg to BC travelled on a CPR train to Vancouver.Īll members embarked from Vancouver on the ships AWATEA and PRINCE ROBERT. 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. Members of 'C' Force from the East travelled across Canada by CNR troop train, picking up reinforcements enroute.
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