Mr. George MacDonell shares his memories of the Second World War

George MacDonell was shipped overseas early in the war; he and his fellow soldiers expected to be sent to England, but they were instead sent to Hong Kong, to help in the defence of that British colony. Overwhelmed by the Japanese attack in December 1941, George and his fellow Canadians fought valiantly, only surrendering when ordered to by the governor of the island. George went on to be a POW for the remainder of the war, surviving the brutal treatment of the Japanese POW camps. George has worked through the Memory Project for several years now; this was his first time speaking at Crestwood.

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• vets
• Ontario vets

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My Uncle was taken prisoner on December 25 in Wan Chai Gap is it? He was with the Middlesex regiment, he was then sent to Sham shim poi prisoner camp where life was like this prisoner explains, he was then some years later put on the Lisbon Maru which was torpedoed by a US Sub Killing hundreds of Canadian, English, Scotts etc. They were used as target practice by the Japs while the struggled in the water as they were so weak.