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image no.: 18662
contact sheet: A0593
collection: Winnipeg Grenadiers Collection
description: Liberated Canadians On Last Leg Of Homeward Journey. Winnipeg Grenadier Prisoners Of War Arriving On Board Ship In Canada From Hong Kong. These Canadian Soldiers, Recently Released From Japanese Captors, Are Pictured As They Prepared To Disembark For Their Homes Across Canada. They Crossed From Victoria, Bc, After Spending 48 Hours At A Repatriation Camp At Gordon Head, Bc, Where They Were Re-Outfitted With Canadian Uniforms, Including Service Ribbons And The Hong Kong Battle Patch, Were Paid And Given Medical Examinations. Some 400 Liberated Officers And Men Were In This Movement
subject(s): MilitaryShipsUniformsWorld War II
date: 1945