Lance-Corporal

Mr. Hyde's father, a Veteran of the First World War, was a significant influence in his enlisting in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) only two weeks after his 18th birthday in October 1938.

Mr. Jessop touchingly describes returning home to his family and sadly reflects on those who didn’t make it home.

Mr. Jessop describes seeing the massive cloud over Nagasaki after the A-bomb attack, and witnessing first hand the city’s devastation.

Mr. Jessop describes events in Omine camp that indicated the war was ending.

Mr. Jessop describes lack of medication and how, coincidentally, the same dose of medicine saves both him and his brother from pneumonia.

Mr. Jessop describes being disciplined in the mine for acts of sabotage he had instigated. He describes his fear during a close call at the rock face.

Mr. Jessop discusses initially being too ill to work in the coal mine, and his fear of going underground once well enough to do so.

Mr. Jessop describes being selected for the Japanese labour camps and his boat ride to Japan.

Mr. Jessop describes working at Kai Tek airport and gives an example of the effects of diphtheria on the work force.

Mr. Jessop describes general conditions at North Point camp and his brother’s brush with death while there.