Finding Fred Lee

He was killed for doing his job and forgotten for 100 years.

How did this soldier end up in France, a machine gunner with the Canadian Expeditionary Force? Did he have family? Where was he born?

A small town soldier denied his place in history, killed in action with no known grave and forgotten. Not uncommon for the Great War, but this soldier was of Chinese heritage.

This is the story of The Lost Soldier of the Lost Battalion of the Forgotten Battle of Hill 70 …
a journey that Jack Gin calls Finding Fred Lee.

Selected for machine gun duty, Private Fred Lee went over the top at Hill 70 and then disappeared without a trace, without a grave marker, no obituary and no mention in his hometown newspapers.

The journey would uncover other soldiers linked to Fred, soldiers who were black, Metis, indigenous, underage … all forgotten Canadians who gave their lives at the most epic battles in Canadian history.

For Jack, his journey has been moving and haunting, and his continuing search hints at the sequels to follow Finding Fred Lee 1.0

This 27 minute short film is the first of an expected series of three.