To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Lance Corporal

Robert Burns Barter

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1921/12/18 - Born

Royal Rifles of Canada

1st Battalion

‘D’ Company

 

Service

1941/10/27 - Members of ‘C’ Force who embarked from Vancouver on the ships Awatea and Prince Robert bound for Hong Kong.

On arrival quartered at Nanking Barracks, Shamshuipo Camp, in Kowloon.

 

Japanese PoW

1941/12/25 - Captured Kong Kong

PoW Camps:-

1941/12/25 - Stanley

1941/12/30 - North Point

1942/09/26 - Shamshuipo

1943/01/19 - Transported to Japan in Tatsuta Maru

1943/01/22 - Arrived Nagasaki, Japan

Omine Camp, Japan

Worked in coal mine till liberation

 

Information

Dan James

Tony Banham

Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association

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