Chinese Canadian veterans in Rememberance Day parade, 1972
Photo of veterans in the Remembrance Day Parade walking on Government Street towards the Parliament building. Victor E. Wong located on the right wearing a trench coat and sunglasses. Taken November 11, 1972. During the World War II, more than 600 Chinese Canadians volunteered to fight for Canada. They became part of an elite unit known as the Special Force 136 of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the South East Asia Combat (SEAC) under Lord Mountbatten. The Victoria Chinese Canadian Veterans Association was founded on Oct.1, 1967. Since that time its members have been a regular feature of Victoria Day parades and wreath-laying ceremonies on Remembrance Day. Scanned item for Victor E. Wong/Chinese Veteran's collection.
- vew_0131
- 1 colour photograph
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- 48.4294, -123.3679
- Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians
- Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html
- 2012
- Priority images January 7 spreadsheet. Cataloguing metadata provided by MH. Migration metadata by MT.
- Rights
- These images are for research purposes only. These images are provided with the consent of Victor E. Wong and cannot be reproduced or copied without permission. For more information, contact Dr. Zhongping Chen at zhchen@uvic.ca
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