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Description
Mr. Routledge remains at Canton prison for the rest of the war. During his imprisonment there, his weight dropped dramatically.
Transcription
Interviewer: During the time that you were in Canton Prison, did you receive any Red Cross parcels?
No.
Interviewer: Did you receive any mail from Canada?
No.
Interviewer: Do you recall, with the diet that you were receiving and the conditions that you were living under, do you recall how much you weighed during that period of time?
Well, I went down to a hundred pounds, you know, I was maybe a hundred and eighty odd pounds when I was, was my normal weight, but I was down to about a hundred pounds.
Interviewer: At Canton Prison?
Yeah.
Interviewer: You stayed at Canton Prison until the end of the war?
Yes.
No.
Interviewer: Did you receive any mail from Canada?
No.
Interviewer: Do you recall, with the diet that you were receiving and the conditions that you were living under, do you recall how much you weighed during that period of time?
Well, I went down to a hundred pounds, you know, I was maybe a hundred and eighty odd pounds when I was, was my normal weight, but I was down to about a hundred pounds.
Interviewer: At Canton Prison?
Yeah.
Interviewer: You stayed at Canton Prison until the end of the war?
Yes.
Catégories
Little Food Results in Rapid, Large Weight Loss
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Seconde Guerre mondiale
Emplacement géographique
Hong Kong
Campagne
Hong Kong
Personne interviewée
Ronald John Routledge
Branche
Armée
Unité ou navire
Corps royal des transmissions canadiennes
Military Rank
Sergent
Occupation
Signaleur et opérateur de radio
Durée
01:05