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HQ.S. 8001-2 P.D. 20 (U,I.S(a)t)

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Security
Co-Ordiuatton,
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Bank ot vo, " rue Bldg.,
25 Kind Street
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TORO!ITO,Ontario.

Attccbod hereto .1,&gt;laaaa
tlnd uopJ ot Pur■onnul woloatton report
eub:111tted on bahalt ot the 111&amp;r.;;1na117
named aoldier.
Uw1 •• plea a be adviaad
it you would be 1nteruted
in obtaining
tbe ••nloea
ot tbla 1118Jl.

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RES'l'RI CTltp

D1•tr1o t 0N'io er Com111u1di
ng,
Military Di■tr1ot No 10,

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ot Cdn Born Chinaaa
to r1 ti ah AI,,t:r:tlIn Austral 1a

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3-10-1 W. 37-1-67, dated

'l'bt:ro 1a no reoord or th is eoldier
baon acool)'tod :to!' the eroup or Chinese
Canadian■ tor whaa Admini■ tratlvo 1natruot1ona
were prepared on H~ 8901-2 1D 29 Mlll l(aJ, dated
7 Apr,,.
19r th1• reaoon then t.he inatruetton■
could not apJlJ to tb■ soldier
in que•t10.!I.
2.

hav1n

.llt.huu t. a oopy or tba llJM 238 •••
to your letter,
dated 1 Ang ,5, a
baa been obt.al.•d
tlU'ough D,P. Saleot and an
Hquir7
1 ■ bal.ng •de
aa to whether tbe eervicea
or thia soldier
01111be utilized••
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DEPART\IENT OP NATIONAL DEP'ltNCE

(Army)

Personnel
Selection
Report
(CONFIDENTIAL)

To

C=andant

A 15 CITC

SPECIAL

TYPE OP' R£.P£1UtA.L

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Re!erred by OC l ~3 Coy A 15 CITC.
:':nl1sted 18 ''ov 44 at 'f 10 DD. Took J3as1c st
10} BTC and
adunce at A 15,
r_ualiried Drher i/c l!.V. at S 5 2 Jul 45,
L'Fll 6
clear.
r for underweiR,ht on enlistment but
shows
?. 1 as cf 21 Jnn 45,
'i'hi9 Chinese enlisted withs
vcunger brother who is new in India
with a Coy cf Chinese - Canadians.
Subject wns retained
because or
P.2 grade.
Lately he has heard, rror.i a returned missionary,
of ths
~-~~J;..,his
mother in Canton Province at the hands of the ;araneae,
!eaving three brothers and a sister,
aged 6 to 16, with no o~e to care
for the:n. Lee's intense desire is to be despatched to the :,aotern
Theatre in some oapac1ty as soon as possible,
for 2 reasons;
to ri,_.ht
the .;apanese and to be at least nea~er hie brothers and sisters.
Ile is
or ccurse a 1·11cir1 c j'olupteer
.ne interview with .1.ee :i!scloses
h1-i to be a Lri~&gt;it, neat., intell0cev-..,..-.1a

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igP~t soldier.
His Englist is quite gooi - renarkably
so wher. it is
real!zed he kne~ none wten he rtturned
to Canoda in 1~39 after 14 yrs
ir. C~ina.
States he speaks 3 dialects
- 'sndarir., Centonose and
To;;sh!mese, end reeds and w:-1tes Chinese; also thot he cen read a
a::a·tering
of :apa.nese.
1&lt;ss educated nainl;· in China and has hie
1tntt.ota.
Ilia
fathe:· is a restaurant
o,me:- in Souris, l anllob.,.
Lee's Coy Co:,mander re~orts
in rart:
"..... a lal
r hi• 1ntell1~ence .. .....
might be suitable
tor 1ntell1 ence worL"
l'he .,. ~- a,:rees,
and su~gesta that if any orening ror special employment er ~~ty exists
for ihia nest hightly r-otivated soldier,
he should be ~iven earnest
cc~aideretion.
Lee

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A l,2 CITC

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2.5 Jul 4~ •

--

6 ,d J.A._Ashley,

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