31 Aug 1945, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2012-11-24 17:22
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Date(s) of events described:
Fri, 31 Aug 1945
The Yorkshire Post finds a county angle to the great events currently unfolding on the other side of the world:
A Welcome Broadcast
One of the people who must have been most pleased at the British entry into Hong Kong to-day is Mrs. Gimson, of Pickering. Her husband, Mr. Franklin Charles Gimson, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, released from an internees' camp, broadcast a message over Hong Kong radio today. He had the misfortune to arrive to take up his post on the island only a day before it fell to the Japanese in December 1941.
Source:
Yorkshire Post, August 31, 1945, page 2
Note:
Was Mrs. Gimson the first person in the UK to know for certain that her husband had survived internment/imprisonment in Hong Kong?
