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Description
Mr Lynch tells of the death toll and the sickness such as dysentery and malaria.that inflicted the soldiers.
Transcription
A lot of the guys were sick. A lot of the guys were sick. A lot of the guys were dying. We took as high as seven a day out there to bury them. I was on them guard duty of...on the burial party. We took as high as seven a day out of there. Our doctor said there wasn’t anything that they could do, at least when I got dysentery and I don’t know what kind of pills they give us. There were some kind of pills we had but I don’t know what the hell they were.
Catégories
Sickness And Death
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Campagne
Hong Kong
Personne interviewée
Wilbert Lynch
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Occupation
Bren Gunner
Durée
0:44