Comet Tank-20ZR65- Sek Kong 1957-58. | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Comet Tank-20ZR65- Sek Kong 1957-58.

Comet Tank-20ZR65- Sek Kong 1957-58.
Submitted by Bryan Panter
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comet tank

Queens Birthday Parade Kowloon 1958.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Monday, April 21, 1958
Gallery: 
1950s Bryan Panter's photos
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Submitted by Bryan Panter on Sun, 2018-07-22 17:10.

Have recently been informed that this tank reg. 20ZR65 in Apr. 1945 while with 3 R.T.R. was 1 of a troop of Comet Tanks that knocked out a German Tiger tank at a bridgehead over the River Aller near the town of Essel in Germany. All the Comet Tanks at Sek Kong were scrapped in 1959 and replaced by Centurion Tanks, is there anyone out there that knows what happened to the Comets?

Submitted by mike on Sun, 2018-07-22 14:45.

I can remember watching the parade as a young boy....think I was standing at Gascoigne Road.

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2018-07-23 03:00.

The saluting dais was normally outside the Club de Recreio on Gascoigne Road. Guess this section of road was near the USRC.

Submitted by mike on Mon, 2018-07-23 04:40.

Thanks Moddsey.....confirming my memories of 60 years ago.Yes I was with my parents by Club Recreio opp USRC watching what was quite an impressive display of hardware!

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2018-07-25 04:47.
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