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THE WAR EFFORT

WORLD WAR I


Members of the Chinese Labour Corps lean out the windows of a Canadian Pacific Railway car
during a station stop in Canada.
Military and security personnel look on from below. (David Livingstone Collection)

In April 1917, the first contingent of the Chinese Labour Corps arrived at the Western Front,
having left Weihai-Wei Port in January.

After being shipped to northern France,
they were put to work behind the lines to keep the war machine in motion
— digging trenches, stacking ammunition, hauling supplies, repairing military vehicles,
and the grisly job of cleaning up the bloody battlefields.

Chinese Labour Battalions in France celebrating the Chinese New Year on February 11th, 1918.

WORLD WAR II

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