Form the Govt of Canada website: WE PROMISE TO REMEMBER THE 283 - TopicsExpress



          

Form the Govt of Canada website: WE PROMISE TO REMEMBER THE 283 SOLDIERS OF THE CANADIAN ARMY, INCLUDING 107 WHO ARE IN UNIDENTIFIED GRAVES, HERE AT SAI WAN CEMETERY. AMONG THEM WE HONOUR BRIGADIER JOHN K. LAWSON, THE SENIOR CANADIAN COMMANDER WHO ACCOMPANIED HIS UNITS TO HONG KONG AND WHO LED THEM INTO BATTLE. ON DECEMBER 19, 1941. THE BRIGADIER’S WEST BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS BECAME SURROUNDED BY JAPANESE TROOPS. BRIGADIER LAWSON REPORTED TO FORTRESS HEADQUARTERS THAT HE WAS GOING OUTSIDE TO “SHOOT IT OUT” ULTIMATELY TO HIS DEATH BUT COURAGEOUS AND DETERMINED TO THE END.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:59:02 +0000

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