The Canadian Inventor was one of the "Hellships"
that carried POW's to Fukuoka Camp 17.
It left Manila Bay July 4th, 1944 with 1, 100 men aboard.
A "reported" 6 deaths and 62 days later, it arrived in Moji, Japan on
Sept. 1st.
It was on this voyage the story is told of
Dr. Hewlett (widely respected by all former POW's who recall him)
who performed an emergency
appendectomy with only a razor blade and no anesthetic.
Dr. Hewlett was at Camp
17.
Photo courtesy of the Canada Science and
Technology Museum Corporation.
For more information on this Hellship and others do not miss the book,
"Death on the Hellships: Prisoners at Sea in the Pacific War"
by Gregory F. Michno