‘Finding Fred Lee’ documentary hopes to finally bring lost soldier home to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS —The Battle of Hill 70. It’s known as the lost battle of World War I, sometimes forgotten in the shadow of the battles of Passchendaele and Vimy Ridge.
Kamloops’ Fredrick Lee, a Chinese-Canadian private with the Rocky Mountain Rangers, is believed to have died in the Battle of Hill 70. The ‘Finding Fred Lee’ documentary by Jack Gin attempts to finally bring light to the lost soldier.
“That process has been a journey. What was the motivation behind it? It was important to find Fred, because he is a lost story. He is a lost story. And it’s tremendous that he has been gone for over 100 years,” said Gin.