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Canadian government at the time knew that by allowing minority groups to enlist in the armed forces, it would lead to giving these minority groups the concession and legitimacy to access the same citizenship rights and services as Anglo-Canadian citizens. Therefore, in light of this, the Canadian government in the early years of the conflict did not post the enlistment for volunteers towards the Chinese Canadian and other minority group communities.
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By August 1945, whilst Japan was undergoing negotiations of an official surrender following the atomic bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States, Lore was next loaned to the British Pacific Fleet. He was later a part of the British Fleet that sailed into Hong Kong Harbor, which had been
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Canadian military recruitment policies changed, and William Lore was finally able to enlist with the RCN. At the personal request of Vice Admiral Percy F. Nelles, who was the acting Chief of Naval Staff for the RCN at the time, Lore was accepted into the RCN; he
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Chinese Canadian and other minority groups were initially denied the opportunity serve and protect their Canadian home, based on their racial and ethnic heritage. Patricia Roy argues that the rationale for the initial exclusion of these ethnic minority groups to
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Chinese Canadians at the time, was eager make his contribution to his country by enlisting with the Canadian armed forces. Despite his efforts to enlist, he was rejected by the Royal Canadian Navy on three occasions. The grounds for the
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Throughout the course of the war, Lore, initially as an acting sub-lieutenant, served in several theaters of the conflict, first in Ottawa, Canada under the
Operational Intelligence Center at the Canadian Naval Service Headquarters. He then moved to London, United Kingdom, where he was posted
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