Approximately 2,100 Canadians were held captive by the Japanese in World War II. The Canadians lost 286 killed or murdered by their captors and they underwent 44 months of imprisonment either in Hong Kong or Japan. The War Amps took the PoW compensation claim all the way to the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations.

News Releases

2009

• 09-08-15 - War Amps Calls Hong Kong Vets Memorial a Fitting Tribute 

2005

• 05-08-15 - Address of H. Clifford Chadderton to The Survivors of the Japanese Conflict in World War II 

1998

• 98-12-11 - Government Pays Hong Kong Claim on Humanitarian Basis 
• 98-12-11 - War Amps Says Justice Done for Hong Kong Veterans 
• 98-06-11 - War Amps Pleased with Second Recommendation for Hong Kong Veterans Claim 
• 98-06-02 - Canadian Government Concealed Documents 
• 98-03-12 - Korea Plans to Compensate Enslaved Women 
• 98-01-12 - Canadian Hong Kong Vets Unimpressed by Japan Apology 

1997

• 97-12-12 - War Amps Appreciative of Unanimous Support for PoW Compensation 
• 97-09-04 - Canadian Hong Kong PoWs Poised to Resume Claim 
• 97-04-25 - War Amps Appreciative of Commons Committee Support of PoW Claim 
• 97-03-11 - Government Officials Respond to War Amps Claim 

1996

• 96-11-19 - Government Failure to Protect PoWs in Japan Consistent From 1941 to Date 
• 96-06-13 - War Amps Pursues Request to Collenette for Committee Hearing on PoWs 
• 96-05-06 - War Amps Requests Parliamentary Committee Investigation 
• 96-02-10 - Government Broke The Law 
• 96-01-08 - Prime Minister Asked to Review Human Rights in Hong Kong Vets Issue 

1995 

• 95-12-11 - War Amps States Hong Kong Claim Still Valid 
• 95-07-27 - War Amps Advised Hong Kong Claim to Have October Hearing at U.N. 

1993 

• 93-08-03 - Canadian Government Violated International Law in Peace Treaty With Japan 
• 93-07-19 - Hong Kong Vets Hoping Government Will Live up to Mulroney's Promise 
• 93-07-17 - PoW Compensation Now Rests on Canadian Government 

1992 

• 92-02-28 - Japan Gives First Response to War Amps PoW Claim at U.N. 
• 92-02-24 - War Amps Challenge U.N. Deferral of PoW Compensation Claim Against Japan 

1991 

• 91-08-29 - U.N. Defers Decision on War Amps Claim 
• 91-08-20 - U.N. Asked to Rule on Canadian P.M. Statement 
• 91-05-30 - War Amps Suggests Canadian Government Pay Compensation 
• 91-02-04 - Rights of PoWs Ignored in Peace Treaty With Japan 

1990 

• 90-08-16 - War Amps Challenge Japanese Response 
• 90-08-14 - War Amps Launch International Claim Against Japanese 

1988 

• 88-04-25 - Hong Kong Veterans Step Closer to Compensation 
• 88-03-17 - Hong Kong PoW Claim Continues to Gather Support 
• 88-03-14 - Former Director of U.N. Human Rights Commission Disappointed 
• 88-03-04 - War Amps Claim for Hong Kong PoWs Gets Backing 
• 88-03-01 - U.N. Human Rights Commission Yet to Make Decision on Hong Kong Claim 
• 88-02-02 - Human Rights Commission to Hear Hong Kong Claim 

1987 

• 87-05-27 - Canadian Hong Kong PoWs Take Compensation Claim to U.N. 

1986 

• 86-06-19 - War Amps Takes PoW Claim to U.N. 
• 86-05-27 - Japanese Government Refuses Hong Kong Claim 
• 86-05-06 - No Response From Japanese Government 

Other Documents 

• Hong Kong Veterans Issue Backgrounder 

War Amps Documentaries & Videos 

• Canada's Hong Kong Veterans