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- Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association
Alfred ARSENAULT Son of Thomas and Marie (Bujold) Arsenault of Caplan, QC, was born on December 14, 1919. His parents married on April 16, 1899 and had a large family -- twelve children in total. A year after gaining his freedom and returning home, Joseph married Rita Hache on June 15, 1946 in Campbelton, NB. The couple had three children.
Individual Report: E30704 Alfred ARSENAULT
1st Bn The Royal Rifles of Canada
Alfred ARSENAULT
General Information
Rank: First Name: Second Name:
Rifleman Alfred Joseph
From: Enlistment Region: Date of Birth (y-m-d):
Campbellton NB Eastern Quebec 1919-12-14
Appointment: Company: Platoon:
Transportation - Home Base to Hong Kong
Members of 'C' Force from the East travelled across Canada by CNR troop train, picking up reinforcements enroute. 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.
The Winnipeg Grenadiers and the local soldiers that were with Brigade Headquarters from Winnipeg to BC travelled on a CPR train to Vancouver.
All members embarked from Vancouver on the ships AWATEA and PRINCE ROBERT. AWATEA was a New Zealand Liner and the PRINCE ROBERT was a converted cruiser. "C" Company of the Rifles was assigned to the PRINCE ROBERT, everyone else boarded the AWATEA. 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.
Equipment 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.
On arrival, all troops were quartered at Nanking Barracks, Sham Shui Po Camp, in Kowloon.
POW Camps
Camp ID Camp Name Location Company Type of Work Reference Arrive Depart
HK-SM-01 Stanley Fort Stanley, Hong Kong Island 20, 31, 33 Capture 41 Dec 30
HK-NP-01 North Point North Point, Hong Kong Island 41 Dec 30 42 Sep 26
HK-SA-02 Shamshuipo Kowloon, Hong Kong 42 Sep 26 43 Aug 15
JP-To-5B Niigata-Rinko Niigata-ken, Nakakambara-gun, Ogata-mura, Japan Marutsu, Rinko Coal, Shintetsu Stevedore labor at port of Niigata (Marutsu), primarily foodstuffs; mining coal (Rinko Coal ) and labor at a foundry (Shintetsu) 4, 34 43 Sep 03 44 Jan 18
JP-To-15B Niigata-Tekko Niigata-ken, Niigata City, Yamanoshita, Akiba-dori, Japan Niigata Ironworks Company 44 Jan 18 45 Sep 05
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d. 24 mai 1998, Campbellton, N.-B. 