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c~ ) In the matter of Canadian T!tOVJ?.4CS Q ' LiANlTClJA ) rrisoners ot \far at Hong TO 1UT ' ) Kong and Vicinity. r·· ! I, George Trt~'T, ot the City ot Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, rosiding at Suite •F•, Layton Apartments, OJO Corydon Avenue. a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian ArrtJ.y • make oath and say,_
1. In civil lite I rua an accountant in the employ of · the corporation ot the City ot ~innipeg.
2. I was an officer in tt.t 1innipeg Grenadiers and 1 took part in the defence of Hong Kong~ I On the surrender of the Fortress on the 25th of December, 1941, I was stationed at uount GoueJl when about 1530 hours I saw a white tlag I'UJl up on the Mount Gough Police Station. An Imperial Artillery otficer, whose name I do not know, later came and advised me of the surrender of the fort ress and instructed me to take all arms to the rendez vous at 14ount •ustin Barracks where I was to place all the anDS in one rooin. keep it looked up and confine the troops to barracks. I went there with the troops iDIJled iately and carried out the instructions. .ltteobed to this ury affidavit and mrked E. 3. .Lt"ter the withdrawal or the mainland force to the Island of Hong Kong the CQJlSdian Force waa. divided into two parts; tb.o Winnipeg Grenadiers contJ.....tued to serve under the command of Brigadier Lawson and formed part ot the 'lest Brigade ; the Royal Riflea of C&nada came under the COIIIDalld ot Briaadier lallace who commanded the East Brigade. The dividine line or the two Brigades was, roughly. what is known as the Repulse Bay Road, which runs from the east end of the al. ty ot Victoria on the north shore ot the island to Repulse Bay at the south. This situation. continued until the capitulation of the Island on December 25th, 1941. On the death of Brigadier Lawson on.December 19th, 1941, Lieut. Col. J.L.R. Sutclitte, ~innipeg Grenadiers, assumed temporary. command or the Brigade tor forty-eight hours and then .. Col. Rose assumed com1iaDd • 4. During the days 1.nmediately following the sur render, with the troops, I moved to Feak Mansions and thence to Sham Shui Po Camp on the mainland 'mere I re1.aained until the 23rd or January, 1942. At this tima the :iinnipeg Grenadiers and a Sll&ll party of the Royal I( PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc. NO. 5c H/Capatain. Jame a B.ARNiar Captain. Wm. i>.c. BOl1l'IIJ.JitR Lieutenant F.V. D:&NN~ Lieutenant J .i. FARK Lieutenant wm. F. MJGJNr Lieutenant e\DgUS .t.. tecLiIL..l..AN Thia situation lasted until the relief. 5. .t. Labour Draft of one otfic.er an4 662 man, ODlll- posed entirely of Canadian prisom ra of war, was sent. to Japan an January 19th, 194.J. A second draft consist ing of '5!6 Other Ra.Dk& we.a sent to Japan on the 15th. of August , 1943 . There were two more drafts sent to Japan after I bad been taken to Argyle Street Oanl>• ,,,.... . \ 6. The rations issued to the prisoners of war in HOD& Kong, officers and men alike, were at times ot a ohar acter that in Canada we would not use tor pig fodder. The rice was obviously tloor sweepings and the Tegetables consisted ot potnto and chrysanthemum tops._0 We got a meat ration up until JUly, 1942, and none tran then until June, l9l\5 1 at which time two ounces par man per week was issued. There was a small issue ot salt; sugar, tour ounces per man per month. unless it was missed; tea usually in suffieient quantity; no milk; no butter; occasionally an issue ot soya beana; no cereal or tats; a certain anx>unt ot peanut oil. An issue of cigarettes was supposed to be made once per month to Canadian per sonnel employed i n the ca.a;:> . It was called a •workers ·- PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doo. No. 5093 page 3. Depoaition ot Lt. Col. George Trist isaue•. This issue varied in amount and was neTer reg ular. The toed ration varied greatly in quantity. It was supposed to be s t andardized at 660 grams ot rioe per clay but nany t irms tell as low a.a 300 grams per ~ per man. £t beat with the tull 1saue 1 t would not make more than one good meal. FUel tor cooking waa always short and ~ome times we had to go a day without food becauae there was no fuel to cook it with. r7. Sham Shui Po Can;> wnioh oomprises Nankin and Hanko• Barracks, was looted ot every movable article inoludin& doors, windows , etc. by the Chinese during the early occupation ot Kowloon. by the Japanese and wnen we were first interned there, there waa absolutely nothina bu~ the empty shells ot the huts. No beds or bedding were supplied by the Japanese and we were compelled to sleep on the cement tloors. Je bloac ed up the door and window openings with bits of cocoanut matting, old bricks an4 corrigated iron salvaged trom destroyed buildings in tbe vicinity ot the camp. This was still t he situation when the Canadians were moved trom $\am Shui Po to North Point Camp, January 23rd, 1942. North Point had been a Chinese retuaee camp prior to the war and had been built to house the Chinese refugees pouring into Hong Kong Area trom the Japanese occupied portions of China to the Nor~h. I have been told that prior to the war it acoomnodated approxi.nately 600 ot these people. A!ter the surrender and durina the period the Navy personnel were with the Canadians at North Point approximately 2,200 all ranks ·were interned there. This camp was equipped with double tier wooden beds lett by the Japanese but which were not nearly sufficient to acconmodate all of the Prisoners ot war. Some ot the mBn were able to make beds trom lumber sal vaged from two huts which bad been destroyed during the bombardment , others were compelled to sleep on th& tloor. The huts were extre1D11tly crowded until the Navy moved out in APril 1942 when the situation was eased ott. The building used as a camp hospital was a disgrace. The oemtnt tloor was below the ground level and durina the rainy season there was always several inches ot water covering the tloor. On our return to Sham Shui Po in September,· 1942, we found very little improve1D11tnt in the hut situation. The door and window frames were still blocked up with brioka, sheets ot iron etc., except that a tew windows had bean salvaged from the J\lbilee Building on the water PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc. No. 5093 page 4. Deposition of Lt. Col . George Trist tront. Sleeping platforms had been built running the tull length or the huts. These had become infested Wl tA bed bugs which were impossible to get rid ot and after numero\18 complaints to the Japanese we were permitted to pull these out and the mer went back to sleeping on the tloor. No dishes or utensils ot any kind were provided by the Japanese and tor the t i rat three months we used old tin cans or any other thing we oould lay our hands on aa dishes. After the ott1cers receiTed their tirat tbree months pay su '~- The camps were inteated with bed buas and rata. During the first two yeara the Japaneee suppliecl a small quantity ot carbolic ncid occasionally tor aprayina the huts but this was later discontinued. About twice a year they would bring about ten rat traps into the CtaJ11> tor a period ot approxin:etely one week and 11b.ile a number ot rats were always cauant it did not appear to make any dif ference in the number remaining. Monthly isaues: ot aoap , tooth pomier, tooth bruahes, amall towels and talcum powder were begun in the early months ot 1942 and were continued until late in 1943 or earl~ 1944 when they became irregular and never in sufficient quantities to ao round the eamp. In the latter montha ot the war the issues were spaoed to one every three months. The soap was ot Yery poor quality and wa.a never sutticient to laa\ the allotted period. At the time ot the aurrender many ot the men had only the clothes they atood up in al thouah those who were lueky enough to haTe a blanket were per mitted to keep what they could aarry. No issue ot blanket• waa made by tie J'a.paneae until the early winter ot 1943 when each man was supplied with two blankets. varioua amall iasuea of Red Cross olothina were made by the Ja~Qlleae trom time to time but never in aufticient quan- titiea to be ot any real value. Prior to the removal of the senior Caruldian ottioera trom Sham Shui Po to Argyle Street Oamp 0 the C&nadiana operated as a force wider instructions from the J~ anese. Daily inspections of the men's quarters were carried out by the orderly officer to assure they were kept clean and PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ .. Doo. No. 5093 page 5. I Depoaition d Lt. Col. George Trist in as sanitary A condition aa was ro11aible. Once a week a oamp innpecti ,n ~aa ~nrr~ed out by Lt.Col. Home our Camp Corllllflndant or one of the Battal 1on Comnander• de tailed by him. en th.d weekly inopeotion the ~.w.o. or one ot h 1a ae:.Hatu.nts al.way.. .l~companied the inepectina I' officer. 8. Thero waa no diatinotion between the treatment accorded offi cers and men . except that at Rona Kena the otticera did not have to work 0 •but we aotually d14 cu;> tatiguea such as gardenrna and cutting wood to aaft the men trom having to do this aort ot work. 9. With regard to tne state or health of the troop• and the state or ~dic lo. On varioua oocaai ona working partiea tran AriYle Street Camp reported to me that at Japaneae Headquartera, that is to aay the Headquarters of Colonel Tokunaa&, Commnder ot all Prisoner ot war Campa in Hong Kona and vioinity. they had observed l ots of empty Red Cr oa• tin• auoh a.a are supplied by tho Britiah Red Cro11a (mea'-1 butter, m!lk , bully-beet, etc.) lying around theae liead quartera. The men who reported this to me ar.'1 whom I belieTe to be tellina the truth, were i..Jn ot the llD,IB rial l'oroe and at thia t ime I do not recall their namea. Duriq the whole period ot my captivi ty I received nine Red Oro•• parcels and one personal individual parcel of clothina. The latter I reoeiTed on the 27th or 1'ebruary, 1945, althouah it bore poatmarka indicating it had been mailed on the 10th ot 41>ril, 1942. I also reoeiTed on the aame date a paroel ot 1 1 000 cigarette!1o Thia waa the tirat and only paroel ot oigarettea received by ioo although I haTe knowledge ot aeveral paroela being aent to meo Soi:oo or the men alao got nine Rod Croaa Pl r eel» each. The only ditferenoe I know of waa that at AriYle !ltreet Camp people there ao\ one and two- third• leaa parcels than we goto I waa one ot tour or f iTe :fortunat e of f i cers "ho reoei•ed a personal parael. None of the othera dido I do know ot ca11ea where aome of t he soldiers got one personal paroel. ll. The offlt'ers \Tcre paid equivalent to Japaneae ot the same ~·mk. The men \'fere i>a!.d to 1 aen per day. only if wo~id o ,u t lM be.\· trn ns fifteen aen or the prooee4a PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ .:..I .r- Doc. No. 5093 paao 6 • Depoaiti cm ot Lt. Col.,. aeorae Triat '. ot a day ant a halt ot labouJ' by 1tho aoldier would pur chaae ton ci8arettea. ~ter aa pricea roao the ame number ot oiprettea would coat torty yen (or 4.000 •en). Th... were the black market prioea. The canteen pricea tor the same number ot cigatettea 't'aried t~ to~fel!_ to twenty-three yen but Tery tew oigarotiea were available at the canteen. At this time coolie labour tµi th'e vic inity ot Hong Kong was being paid thirtJ, yen per 4a,- plus rice rations. Attached to this '1A¥ attidaTit and marke4' iaamrr •a• are lists of current pricea on nriou.a d.atea a.a taken~ trom Hong KoDS newspapers. J"rca 1f1¥ personal knowledee ot prices, I am able say that they are correot quotations. 12. In my 01'!1 personal pq aa an exaq>le, I -.a sup posed to got 170 yen per month, equivalent to $43. 9.3 and while I w.a compelled eaah month to sign. an ac1qui ttance roll tor this amount I never at' any time recetted the full amount. From the lat ot Janu&rJ, 1942. to the 30th ot .rune, 1943, a deduoticm ot sixty yen per month na made by the Japanese tor rations and quarters and the bal ance ot 110 yen per month na paid to me in cash. On tho lat ot JUly, 1943, this deduction was reduced to 30 yen per month and was that up until the 3lat ot JUly,1945, when I was. paid 140 yen per month, except that on the lat ot October, 1943 , a ooqiulsory 1aviJl8s account was started by the Japanese and a deduction ot forty yen per month wu n:ade from ·~ pay until the 3lat ot December, 1944, when 'his was reduced to twenty yen per month until the time ot surrender. At tbe tim9 ot the surrender thia money waa ottered back to me by the .Tapaneae authorities, but I did not wish to accept any mili tu. -y ym at this time beoauae the military yen had been practically ftl.uelesa tor several months prior to the surrender. Howenr, eaah officer na furnished with an individual bank book ab owing a credit tor the deducted amount. 13. During the period in which I ... a prisoner ot war, protests about treatment were handled by Lt.Col. 11 • .r. HCXD9, our Camp Oaa:mandant. I newer had any opportunit,- . peraonal.17 to protest as I had no contact, but I made all Gem.plaints ot protests through Lt .001. Homa • . ... r14. The so-called parole giY.en by the troops at Hong KoDS waa in the form ot an affidavit to the etteot that we swore we would not attempt to escape under any oiroum atanoea. The Camp Oomnander at North Point Oamp tried to get us to sign and we retuaed. Then Ool. Tokunaga, who wu in charge ot all the Prisoner d War Campa in the Uong Kong area, called a oonterenoe at the Camp Oomnander•a l PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc • No • 5093 page 7. Deposition ot Lt.Col. George Trist house, the camp Comnander then being 2nd/Lieut. Wada. Col. Tokunaga tried to get us to sign and said it was an order ot the Japanese Army and we would be disobeying an order ot the Japanese J.rm:t it we r etused to sign and we would be court-nertialled and disposed ot acc-0rdine to Japanese Military Law. Col. Tokuno.ga, speaking through an inter preter, whose nmne I do not know. told ua ~neral Maltb1 had s18ned . Lt. Col. Home thereupon asked permission to get in touch \dth General )~ltby or be allowed to telephone him. This was refused. :Finally we decided to sisn bu1: told Col. Tokunaga as we were doing so under pressure we did not consider it to be binding. Present at thia meeting were Lt.Col. w. J. Homa, Lt. Col. J. Ir. Prioe, Jdajor Fred T. Atkinson, Major O..l. YOUil8• R.R.O. and Major H.W. Hook, the latter now deceased. This happened on or about the end ot April or beainning ot May. 1942; We were about two hours at this conference. We pointed out to Col. Tokunaga that such a oourse was against our Mi l itary Law and against our Military aegulations goTern ing conduct ot prisoners ot war and tba. t it was our mil- ' .. i ta.ry duty to attempt escapes, it possible. He replied that we were no lonaer otticers, that we were merely prisoners ot war and that refusal to obey an order ot the Japanese A.rltII would haTe serious oonaequenoes. He order ed us t o go back to Oamp and. instruct the men to sign. This we refused to do but told him that we would adTiae the men that "e ourselTed had signed and leaTe it to t hem to do as they thought tit. He thereupon aa14 that it we would not do the ordering, he would. SYentually most ot the mml sisned. but one.B-4o638 Cpl. Porter, J., R.R.C. retused to sign the parole and L waa taken away \ and interned tor. a week_!..) subsequent to his return it was ~enerally understood ~roughout the oamp that h• had been beaten and ill-treated. durina his absence in an attempt to neke him sign, which I understand he eTentually did. I did not haTe any conT:ersation wi tn Cpl. Porter on his return and do not reoall any direot source or this infor mation. It waa common talk in the camp. I am unable to say what his physical condition was on his return. 15 • ..... Routine slapping by sentries was so common tl:a t no one paid Jlllch attention to it. otticers and men were slapped indiscriminately. During the last eighteen montha ot our captivity the sentries in the nrious Camps were not 3apanese but were Forn:osana who were considerably more friendly to the prisoners and they did all the trading tor us. 16. Various atrooities were reported at the ti.ma ot PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc.. No. 5093 page 8. Deposition ot Lt. Col. George Trist the surrender although I do not know ot my personally u I waa in the rear party out ot the tigJ1ti.ng area. I did hear ot t hem and I do know tm t a lot ot our wounded who were lett in shelters were neYer seen or heard tran again. 17. Exoept tor the tuneral ot Lt. Col. lohn L. R. Sutcli ffe at Bowen Road Hospital, which waa. a•tended by the Senior Canadian otticers, the only Canadians who were ner allowed to aocanpany a bod1 to the cemetery were the officiating padre and a plrty ot pallbearers. No information ot any kiJ:ld rela t i.ng to deaths from disellSe or other oauaea in hospitals_ outside the cam,p was "!"!'er giTen to ua by the J'apanese. The only way • heard: ot the Yarioua deaths would be by intorma•ion supplied by another hospi'81 patient on return to oamp or sane similar souroe. A.a tar aa the labour dra1'ts that left the Hong Kong area tar .Japan are oonoerned, no information ot any kind relating to oasualtiea we.a eYer supplied to ma by the Japanese statt nor do I know ot an7 that was eTer supplied to any other Canadian. officer. No one eYer rerurned to the Hong Kong Prisoner ot 1far Oamps where we were im,prisoned after they had once been shipped away on labour drafts. I personally witnessed the following incidentsa- (a) On or about the 21st day ot Decembero 1942, I witnessed the beating ond kicking d' O!lptain John A. Norries, Winnipeg Grenadiers, and the kicking and beating of Major F.T .. Atkinson, Royal Rifles of Canada, by the I .Japanese interpreter named Inouye, niCA.18IDBd the KAml.oops LKid._.) &Uached aa Emibit •c.• to this rq attidaTit is a photograph depicting three. Japanese. The one sitting on the right -- as you look at the picture - ~ with his mouth open and his hands clasped between his knees is the .Japanese interpreter referred to and known as Inouye or the Kamloopa Kid, who beat and kicked Captain Norris and Jdcked Major Atkinson. Inouye was well lmown to ma and he claimed to haTe been born in Kamloopa, British Columbia, Canada. The circumstanoes ot the beating and kicking ot Captain Norris and Major l.tkinson are aa follows: It happened during the regular roll-call ~rade at Sham Shui Po camp on the afternoon. or December 21st, 1942. In Camp at this time were approximately 4 ,500 Prisoners ot War of whom about 1,400 were canadiana0 the balanee being Imperials and Hong Kong Volunteers. tJl!on JJBk:ing a oheak by count ot the Winnipeg Grenadiers present on pirade I ascertained that two were absent. Upon further oheak it PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doe. No. 5093 page 9. Depoaition. o! L~ . Col. George Tr1st was tound that the two missing were hospital orderliee. The1 were imnediately sent tor. While the two orderlies were being rounded up Inouye, niokn•aw.l •Ka,mloops Kid•, came on parade with th• J&Ja.nese Camp Comnm dan~ and aaaisted the camp CoIIJJlandant in making a check. I report ed to Inouye that two were absent but they had been sen' tor. He Dade a chenk and tound three missing. The third waa accounted tcr by explaining to Inouye that he had been detailed to go tor the other two. Inouye then proceeded to cheek the Royal Ritles ot Canada who were lined up on the lett ot the Winnipeg Grenadiers. While Inouye was IDAlc1ng this check ot the Royal Rifles ot Ce.nada the two missins orderlies came on the parade ground but were not permitted to tall in line with the others but were detained at the right ot the l ine. The third party tell in line. Subsequently Captain Norris. who wa8 the Comi:any Commnder ot the two missing men we.a called out by Inouye and taken by him to the right ot the line 11bera the Japanese Can;> Con:mmdant was. I do not know the name ot this Camp CoDJnSD.dant. Lt. Col. Homa , our Camp Ooumandant am Major Atkinson, who was acting as Brigade Major, were rith the Japanaae Cemp Cortll&ldant. There was SClll8 con Tersation between the Japanese Camp Cormandant, Inouye and Captain Norri a 0 but I was too tar away to oTerhear the 09JlTeraation. rlt WM at thia ti.ma that Inouye Started f to beat Captain Nori is, over the taoe with one hand and I then hit him OYer the b~ 111. th a roll-call board he was earring in the other hand. These blows caused capt. Norris to tall down end while he was down he was kicked by Inouye. The Japanese Camp Comnendm t in. no way inter tered. During this ill treatment ot C&-pt. Norris by Inouye, Major Atkinson appeared to say ovmething to lnC>l'Ye who then turned on Major Atkinson and. kicked him in the knee. I watJ less than one hundred yards away and being in front of the JXU'Sde I oould clearly see what took place. .t.a a result ot this ill treatment administer ed to Captain Norr is, ne was assisted to the Medical Inspection hut, which wa.s about twenty yarda trom where the beating took place. Capt. Norris waa still in the Medical Inspection hut when the J8rade was dismissed. I next saw Captain Norris about two hours later and at that time his tace was badly bruised and swollen. He did not make any statement to me. (b) .lnother incident concerned Lieut. Barnet ot the Hong KoD8 NaTal Volunteers. This occurred ~ Sham Shui Po in the Spring ot l 944o during a Red Cross inspection by a representati•e ot the Swiss G0Ternment 0 a Gennan swiss by the name ot Zindal. I was told by seTeral prisoners occupying the same hut 0 Imperials whose names I do PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doo. No. 5093 page 10. Depositim ot Lt. Ool. George Trist not reonll, that Lieut. Barnet spoke to the R9d Cross re preaentatiTe and said •We are being starnd to death, oan you do aeythi.na tor ua• or words to that etteot. H9 was rushed out ot the hut by Mr. Noauri, one ot the inter preters on the ata.tt ot the ()ap, and two sentries ad aa placed in a storeroom. The Red croaa representatiTe wu then taken out ot the Oa111> without oompleting his inapeo tion. After the Red Oross representatiTe left, Sgt. Harata, a soldier who had oane to• the oamp late in 1943 or early in 1944. returned with two sentries and took Lieut. Barnet out ot the atoreroom and started to be&\ him about t418 head. %t. Harata atruok Lieut. Barnet I ~~ral blows with his sheathed sword knooki11g him unoon ~ou.a_! I .t.tter Lt. Barnet reTi'Yed the .._ .Japanese took him ou~ot the otticers section or the Ce.Ill> ostensibly to take him to the Japanese ottioe. - Lt. Col. lhite, Royal Scots, acting Can;> Comm11dant ot the camp, demanded tram Lieut. lfada, the .Tapa.neae CaJll) Oomnandant, that Lieut. Barnet be returned. Lieut. Barnet waa held tor approx illBtely torty-eight hours and the returned to OazD», when he aa imn9diately plaoed in hospital tor treatmant. I aaw the beating which he receiTed and the part in 1bich he waa taken out ot CaJJi>, although I waa not close enouati. to him to obaerTe the extent ot hia injuries • .\ttaohed to this ~ attidaTit and aarlced DHIBIT •c• 11 a photograph ot three .Tapaneae. I reoognia the iaterpreter, Mr. Nma1.r1, u being in the centre position ot the three sitting. *• Noauri, known ea •Panam Pete•, waa aup poaed. to haTe been in the lllite4 States aD4 ha4 trawlled tor some tilDlt with a Side Stiow. He aped the oonduct ot the Chioago Qugster aa uuoh u poaaible. (c) I personally did not witneaa the alleaed incident ot Dr. Saito beating the hospital orderlies and the only knowledge I haTe ot this waa from a Tery 1nd1reot sou.roe. I (d) At North Point Cenp on the morning ot &uguat, I 2oth, 1942. we were pmitted to haTe the 0800 hour roll oall in the huts because it waa railWag. The usual au.atom wu to han the roll-call on the Parade Ground. Thia roll oall aa taken by the Co111Pfl!l1 Oommndera. Owing to the OODgeated liTing conditions in the huta it would be iJll)oa aible to oheolc ea.oh man indiTidually at roll-call but when the roll waa oalled apparctly eaoh name wu auwere4. Th• Ocmpuy OoJJIDAll4era then reported Yerbally their ti.Dd inga to the adjutant 1ho in turn. Dade up a parade state tor the Brigade. The parade state tor this clay ab.owed the Battalion. aa being all present. About 1000 houra I ha4 oocaaion to send tor Sgt. J'.O. Payne a.a I wanted to aee PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doo. No. 5093 DepoaitioD of page 11. Lt. Col • George Tri.st the sketches ot the camp area and the huts whiah he was engaged in makills. I was intormed that he could not be found. I then proceeded to his hut and nale inquiries aa to where he was and was intonped by soma of the N.C.o. 's in his hut that he had escaped during the night. &t this time I do not recall who the N.a.o. •s were that informed me. I inmediately ordered a n1.1ster parade ot the Battali011. This would be between 1000 hours em lOJO hours. I dia coTered Sgt. Payne and three others were missing trca this parade and subsequently tound the other three to be H-6700 l/Cpl. George Berzenaki, H-6294 pte • .rohn H • .\4ama and H-6771 Pte. Percy :r. Ellis. Qi. making inquiries tran men who occupied the same huts aa the missing men, I was adTised that they had escaped during the night. I imnediately mde a i:e raonal report to Lt. Col. Home giTi.ng him the names ot thoa.e wbo were missing and who were reported to haTe escaped. He 1D turn reported this to the .111>anese Ca.q> Conma™'ant, Lieiut. 9ada. 'nle J'apaneae camp Comnandant, Lieut. Weda, 1DID8diately called a mster parade ot the entire camp. This would be about 1100 hours. All the oaq> personnel were tound to be present with the exception of the tour afore mentioned parties. The parade was then dismissed. No further action. was taken until about 2200 hours the same day when Col . Tokunaga and a nud>er ot his start arriTed at the camp and ordered a Dl.lBter parade. Thia pi rade was held 1D the open and the roll-call was con cluded by shortly a.tter midnight. The iarade, howeTer, was held on. parade in the rain until approximtely 0500 hours the tollowill8 morning. There was a cold wiDd otf the channel duril'l8 this parade. Some day& later , StJ.Y withiD a week or ten days, 1D. conTersaticn wit h the oamp illterpreter, Kochi (phonetie) , he adTised me that he thought that the tour men. who had escaped had been picked up by the Gendarmes, but did I not know what dispositi011 had been made ot thaj Koohi · was the interpreter at the oamp at the time ot the alleged escape and was present at the roll-oall tollow ing. There was no intimati011 or suggestioD at this time that the escapees had been or might haTe been shot. The first int imatl on. that the alleged escapees had been shot while attempting to escape was subsequent to our relief in Ausust , 1945 0 when I requested Lt. Col. lhite, then the Camp Commandant 0 to make ooma inquiries as to what had happened to the tour Winnipeg Grenadiers who had escaped from North Point Oamp. .\a. a result ot Lt. Col. lhite •s inquiry he was giTen a written report by PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc• No• 5093 page 12. Deposition ot ' • Lt. Col. George Tris t Col. Tokunaga . A typewrit ten copy of this report' with appended rmp was forwarded to me by Lt. Archer ot Lt. Col. ?rhite•a staff wi th memo initialled by Lt. &rcber attached etating a- •Original chopped by Col. Tokunaga , will be handed to 7ar Cl'iminal Department•. Attached . to thi s my attidaTit and imrked lOOiIBIT •D• is a certified true copy of the aforementioned typewritteA report together with a photostatic copy of the appended mo.p. r I neyer saw Payne, Berzenski, Adams or Kllis again nor did I eYer hear trcm them either directly or in directly.• I did not hear any shooting in camp on the night of .August 19th- 20th, 1942, nor wu any shootillg in oazqp r eported. I di d not hear an,yll"oUnds1z;:>f c~ motion. Everything seemed normal in eTery way ill camp during the llhole of t he ni8ht and up to the time Lt. Col. Home reported the natter to the .Japanese Oaq> C0111111ln4ant, Lt. Wada, about 1100 hours August 20th, 1942. I am firmly of the opi nion that none ot the .Japanese Cam,p Staff knew or the escape until after the time it waa reported. ( e) Three days atter the eso"Spe ot Sgt. J'ohn o. Payne and the three others the Camp Comnandant, Lieut. Wada, accompanied by bis own interpreter and Col. Tokunaga•s interpreter, whose nama I do not know, came .. into camp and called tor Lt. Col. Home, Major Atkinaon and myself aDd then sent tor the N.C.O.'s who were in charge ot 1he huts, preTiously occupied by the tour escaped personnel. These were H-6502 csai1 !"l"edrick: G • .\dam, H-6179 Co:i4 1'rank Loifan and H-6165 Sgt. Henry P. McNaughton. Iha these N.c.o. s arriTed Col. Tokunaga•s interpreter adTised ,. us that it had been decided to punish all concerned. The three N.c.o. 's were to undergo one weeks detention. 1n a Japanese prison, and Lt. Col. Home, Major Atkinson and myself were advised that tor the period of one week we would have to be good. .\8 we did not understand exactly what thls, implied we JJBde inquiries ot them and were in1'ormed that the best J:nalish interpretation ot the above Japanese term was that we were not permitted to do any drinking or mD.ak ing during the above mentioned period: I atrongly objected to the collective punishment of the N.c.o.•s and pointed out that two at least could not have been lnvolTed in plans to escape as ~ Logan was at that time •uttering trom d~ sentery and was a bed-patient in his hut and that CSM Adams had only arrived at North Point Camp trom Bo~.n. Road 'liospit al two daya previously. lfe were told that the deoiaiin had ... been made by the Japanese conmand and that no al terationa PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ • I Doc. No. 5093 pige lJ. DepoaUion ot Lt. Col. George Trist could be ms.de in the punishment. The three N.c.o. '• were taken trom camp and placed 1n a ainale roan in the guard comnaDders residence, just outside the caq> where they remained tor a period ot tour days atter which they were re turned to oaq>. The Caq> ColllDIUldant, Lieut. We4a, •h'iaed us that the three days intervening between the time ot the escape and the time they had been confined had been ao unte4 towards the aompletion ot their eentenoe. •olloring the releaae ot the three N.o.o.•a I had a conversation with eaah ot them and they each advised 11111 that the roan in•whibb they bad been oontined •a very -11 ; that they were not perm! tted to nab or shave d\ll'ing the period of oontin...nt 1 that a latrine bucket was placed in the room tor their use and that this r-ined in the room tor the entire period of their confinement without being emptied; and that they ...... were required to sleep on the cement tloor without any blankets or bedding. They also stated that they had re ceived no ill treatment other than atoremantioned. There waa no noticeable change in their appearance. 19. Except aa herein stated I do not at this tima re- "'·· collect any further intormation ot atrocities or incidents ot mistreatment ot Allied Prisoners ot 'lfar. SWorn before me at the Oity ot Winnipeg ) in the Province ot Manitoba this ) day ot February, 1946. Consisting ot ) (Lt. Col. George Triat) ten pages each s1 gned by the Deponent • ) Winnipes Grenadiers, O.&. ~ . r/ · ~ (SIA!..) Q. H. Johnson (A Notary Public in and tor the Province ot Manitoba) PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ .,...., Doc • Uo. 5093 page 14· Troopa will return to barracks as tollowa and be confined to barraolca, Jli" to l1i~ Stanley to Stanley RA Coast Btys to Fort JUbilee ~ to Mt. e\Ustin RA & HJ: Arty to Wellington Barrack.a 2/R Scots to Victoria Barrack.a l/Middlese:x Regt to Murray Barraoka 2/14 PunJabs and 5/7 RaJputa to Botanical Gardena 'linnipeg Grenadiers to J.tt. Austin Barracks R. Signals to Victoria Barracks ~ M.T. & Supplies to university Reminder ot RASO to Camber JWi6C to Hospital RAFC to WelliDgton Barracks HKVDC to Headquarters liKVDC RAJ' to Aberdeen All Rifles will be stacked aDd ~ and small arms will be collected and locked i.n one storeroan. This is Itxhibit •J.• referred to in the Utidavi\ ot Lt. Col • George . TRm, Sworn to before me at the City ot ',1innipeg, Province ot Manitoba, this eighth day ot February, 1946. (s&\l.) C. ff. Johnson (..L Notary Public in and tor the ITovinoe ot Jdanitoba) PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc. No. 5093 paae 15. Ott1n1o l J?r1 nee of OonmcxHt1u The otticial list ot prices ot various toodstutta in the market is as tollowsa Olioken - J'rm. Y42 to Y55 per catty. Vegetables - Cabbage Yl2; Saiyeungohoi (water oreaa) Yl0.80 i. Oong choi (water vegetable) Y4.20; Sweet potatoes (re4) Y.31 (white) Y4.08; CUoumber YlO 20.i Fruita. - Papaya Yl0.20; Pineapple Y8.40. Preah 7ish - Garoupa (red) Y36 ; (green) y26. 74 s Golden Thread Fin (hungsam) Y20.60 ;. Shrimps (large) y46.70;. (medium) '{28.47; J'reah water fish tran Y27 .60-Y3l.20. The official prioes of pork and beet remain aa b~ore. Date line JUly 19/44 J>rig03 ot uark•t r.tymnod1t1•• The following were yesterday•& oftioial market priceaa Beet. Y40 per catty; pork. Y4J. .20 J, chicken, Y40/45 .soi outtletiah, large, n1.20. small ya.so; brMm, y12.71, uaokerel-scad, y4.16; puq>kin, Yl.14; .lettuce, !2.401 bean sprouts, Y.3.12; aweet potatoes. red n.ao, 11hite Y2.281 potatoes, 16.28; cucumber, Y8.40; leg-plant, Y3.20; bamboo-shoot, Y3.84; tomatoes. red. y9.l>o; green, Y2.l6; ginger, Yl2.00J dried onions, y16.oo; spring onions. Y.).OO; at"ring beans, Y.J.oo. Date line J'Uly 2.5/44 ott1q1al Pr1o•n Of JPoodstuff• Yeaterd~•a otti~ial prices per catty ot various kinda ot too4- atutta, fruit and vegetable• were quoted aa followaa-, Pork (lean mea~) Y8 .sa J Ordinary meat. tran Y7 .68 to y8.28J Head mat Y7•SO; Riba Y8.28; LiYer Y8.58; Heart Y7. BS 1 Lungs 16 .50 J Lard Y8.0j I Pis •a tail y6 .50 J Kidney• Y7 .60 J Tripe y6 .30 J Dltea.tine l5.301 Pig•a ten t5·451 soup bonea, trom Yl.85 to Y.).,50. BMt (lean maat) y6.JO; Ordinary meat, tran y4.60 to t,5.901 Jat t,5.JO; Kidneys Y.J.60; Soup bonea Yl.SOJ OX tongue t,5.70; OX tail y4.70; Intestine Y3•lOJ Lungs Y3; Braina y4.401 Tripe Y2.90; Liver ?6.30. Poultrya Chicken, tran Y8.98 to Yl3.48s. Duck 6.49, oooao no. PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc. No. 5093 P88• 16 ~sa Chicken eggs .52 sen each; Duck egga •76 ; Salted eggs .55; Leghorn eggs .Oo. Vegetables ' ~ite cabbaae • 90; Kau-choi .43; Lettuce .48; Spinach .46 ; Oong-choi (water vegetable) .36; Jfai-choi Yl.44; Salted Kai-choi .92; Bean sprouts .78, Cllinese sweet potatoes (red) . 02; \Jhite .94; Potatoes Y2.28; Yellow melon . 38; Si-kwa (green squash) .84; White squaah .72; cucumber .78; Bitter melon .96; Carrots .88; Red hairy squash .66; Hairy squash •70; (Pumpkin (round) .36; FUmplcin (long) .25; Lily •a shoots Yl .14; Bamboo shoots Y3 .60 i Green beans Y2 .~o; 1hite bean.a Yl . 44; CJiillies .66 ; Water chestnuts n . 66 ; Ginger from Yl .62 to Y2 .52; Chinese onions .48. • • Fish ' Red oaroupa Y5 .45 ; Green Garoupa Y4 .20; Aid t ish Y3 .30; Qaroupa ( suall) Y4 .10; Tsing-I (green fish) y4.80; ::hriq>s from Yl.92 to Y2.88; Crabs Yl.80 to Y4.S61 Golden 'nlread Y2 .41 ; White Pomfret Y3 .55 ; Black Pomt'ret Y3 .17 ; Conger-pike (eel) Y2.61; Sbark-fiah Yl.53; Octopus Y31 Golden sardine Yl.42; cuttle fiah Y3.04; hogs Y9·90; Oysters Yl.44; Fresh water 1'1sh Y2.64. Fruit, Oranges Y3·27; Bananas, trom .90 to Yl.32; Pineapple Yl .20; Wong-pi Y2 .40; \fater melon Yl .10; Papaya Yl.44 September 13, 1944 ConmOO it)' Pr1 cea More JBxnurabl • With the constant arrivals ot toodstuffa in HongKong, the prices of daily necessities have become more favourable, a visit to the market revealed yesterday. There is a noticeable drop in the price of vegetables, while those of ti sh and marine products a.re also mch lower than a week ago. Followi.ng is the list of official prices quoted yeaterdaya FRESli FISH' cuttle tiah Yl7 .20 per catty; Hoi hor Yll. 80; Chinese J.iBckerel Yll. 90; Frogs Y45 .60; Golden thread tin (hung sam) Yl.8. 70. VIDE'l'ABL.ES • Cabbaae Y7 .56 per catty; Lettuce Y5 . 16 ; Bean sprcuts (big) Y7.8o, (small) Y4.80; OUcwnber Yl0. - 02; Pwu;pkin Y4 .18; Lilly- root Y8; onions Y3 per tael. PORl{i Best Y52-50; Breast YSO; Other qualities Y46. BEEF' Y5l ; Brea.st ot beet Y46 .50. PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc. No. 5093. page. 17 Krtnat tron th• HnnaKmJ& Neu at Setian'af. Degember 2Jrd 1 19144 The otticial prices ot pork, beet, and poul.try wre further reTiaed yesterday, resultillg in the ahangea per catty shown below, Pork a Best quality, Yl.49; Ordinary meat n42; Lard, Yl.49; LiTer, Yl49; Pig'a teet, Y64. Beet - Y8o; Breaat ot beet, Y76 ; Liftl' Y80. Chicken a J'rom Y98 to Yl0.5. per catty. Dliok ' Y75. 90 The otticial pricea ot tiah and other marine product• naain ateady. Elttraot trom the HongKong Newa, Tneedef, Noyember 21 , l 9l1l1 • AmunO Town •••••••••••••• The otticial prices of pork and beet haYe been nYiaed. u tollowaa Pork (beat) Y78.40 per cat\y1 Breaat ot pork m.201 Ordinary meat Y76.a5, Head mat. Y74,.50, Beet (beat) l5,8a Breut ot beet ~, Ordinary mtat Y40. Zxtract trom th• H..K. lilewa '!'hnr™'•y, Nnfemb•r 23 1 191JLJ.. Arrnmd...... Tns The otf icial price ot pork ha.a been further renaed to YWT. 80 per catty, while the price ot beet remina the aa. - l58 per oat'r. Sg1jnat tnn the HnnQkona Neu, Mpn4a1, Tenueqr 29f;b, 19~.S ,am11pd Tcwn Puaenger and freight rates ot the %:nlan4 Riv.er 'l'ranaportatiOA Company will be increased a.a trom nut month, it wu learned yest~. The passenger rates will be ten times the present ones with freight five times that charged at the .iresent time • •••••••••••••••• PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc. No. 509.3 \ page 18. BQ>ORf OH Ptt~ONwi.J OF M.ul ."it!Ql' Hong Kong 1>01 camps l. Persons Shoti- Nationality Bank Nanw Canadian sat F.t.YNI • !./Cpl ~ I! l>te. .AO~ ! Pte. &.LIS 2. Time, ~bout 0120. 20 Aua 1942. 3. Place a Sea.shore near the bakery in the North-Western part ot the Uong Kong Island Ca.q>, Hong Kong POW Camps (North Point). 4. Circumstances ' (i) Weather. The typhoon which started on the morning ot 19th AUgust reached i ta climax about 2000 hrs and began later to calm down gradually about 2200 hrs. (ii)Col Commandant ordered his statt at all Cam;ps to tighten vigilance generally (on the sane night two British POWs, succeeded in escaping from Sbamshuipo Camp). D1 v:iew ot the neoessi ty tor special vigilance on the seashore at Holl8 Kong Island Canp, after the typhoon, Col. comnandant had one otfioer and one NCO inspect the Camp from the sea at about 2400 hrs, on board a water-Gendarmerie Boat. (iii )At the Hong Kong Island Csnp, at about 0120 hrs, on the 2oth (see appended mp),_ (a) Sentry No.J while on mobile duty, approacued the Bakery where he tound the barbed wire forced open at its lowest part, where it touched the ground. Thereupon he stared w1 th a suspicious mind around· the area and discovered two black heaps about five or six metres in the eastern direction (points A B). fthen he walked forward five or six stepa to verity it these heaps meant escai>ers, he not iced another prisoner of war (D) caning_ from behind and forcill8 his way through the said opening. The sentry stopped him but the latter would not listen and tried to escape. Therefore, the sentry had no moice but to shoot at him and the bullet hit him. The sentry further kept vigilance to see it there was not anything else wrong in the vicinity. He discovered still another moving point about at C point in an attempt to escape. He judged that the situation was moat serious as he thousht that a mass escape was beill8 carried out, and he shouted repeatedly •look out• in a loud v.oice by way ot pre caution, and at the s am time, as an emergency step after calling out •stop• several time~ at the escaper who had reached '0' point, but he would not obey the order to halt. Theretore the sentry had to shoot at him and he was hit and killed. PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/ Doc. No. 5093 page 19. (b ) Sentry No.2, while keeping his mobile watch at the aouth eastern part ot the C&mp a.bout that ti.ma, heard. the repeated shouts 1 Look out• by Sentry No.3 and also the two ahota, u mentiaied above. At this, he judged that some prisoner (a) were attempting escape near the Bakery and hurriedly Dllde tor the place. As he approached he enooW\tered one ot the eaoapera a11 point 'A' across the wire fence, the tormer (the sentry) inaide and the latter (1he prisoner of war) outside, and in spite ot the attempt to halt him, the latter. still moved eastward, where upon the former shot and killed him. Sim.Ll taneoualy he found another suddenly rising at a backward point 'B' trying to con tinue his escape eastward, and shot and killed him. ( c) The Guard Conmamer, knowing that there were esoapea taking place near the Bakery, rushed to the spot and then reported to tho oftioer in charge ot the guard. The Qua.rd. CoDllBJlder then carried out an extensive search ot the Miabbourhood with tho guards a.t the guardhouse who were ott duty at tho time. (d) A sea patrol who chanced to cane across the vicinity ot tho Bakery, ot tho Hong Kong Island Camp, at about 0200 hra, were informed of the attair and trom oan.aultation w1 th tho Oam;p Co!'ll'Mndant , carried tho bodies away on their boat, and tho bodies were buried at tho POW cemetery. ('ltlis report is addressed to the Governor's ottice and the POI Information Bureau). •I CER'l'l.FY this document to be a true copy ot tho original typewritten copy produced before me by Lt. Col. George Trist. Thia is Exhibit •o- referred to in the Af'tidavit or Lt. Col. -George Trist, sworn to betore me at the City ot Winnipeg, Province ot Manitoba, this eighth day ot February, 1946.• C· H. Johnson (A Notary Public in and for the Province ot l&lnitoba). l PURL: http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/95983a/