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Irene Braudé's reports on the Nursing Detachment of the HKVDC (aka The VADs), 1941-45

Submitted by Peter on Wed, 2021-12-29 12:36
Author: 
Irene Maude Selina BRAUDé (née DEACON) [1913-2010]

Here are notes my Mother typed some years ago.

 

 

((The following document is believed to have been written shortly after liberation in 1945.))

NURSING DETACHMENT, HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.

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VAD

Repatriation notices

Submitted by David on Sat, 2021-02-27 14:48

These appeared in the local newspapers in the months following the Japanese surrender, advising people when a ship was available to take them overseas.

"Light Airs" Vol. VI

Submitted by jill on Sat, 2019-11-09 02:52

"Light Airs" in seven volumes was the journal of the 4th Submarine Flotilla. The submarines seem to have each taken it in turns to compile a volume of the journal. Printed by Kelly & Walsh Ltd., Hong Kong, Vol. VI was compiled by members of the crew of HM Submarine L3. The editor was R.G. Liveing and the pages I shall be uploading is from the copy kept by the commanding officer, Lt.-Cdr. W. R. Fell. The journal  gives a flavour of life on a submarine and is a nice example of 1920s humour - submariner humour.

 

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HMS Titania
4th Submarine Flotilla
HM Submarine L3

Additional notes

Submitted by David on Sat, 2015-05-16 14:16

The Happy Valley Racecourse Fire Disaster

Submitted by David on Sat, 2015-03-21 17:29
Author: 
David TWYNHAM [????- ]

The following information has been extracted from David Twynham's dissertation for an MSc in the Study of Security Management. The dissertation was completed in October 1996, and titled:

A failure to exercise foresight

Case study analysis of available historical information relating to the Fire Disaster at Happy Valley Racecourse, Hong Kong on 26th February 1918.

Many thanks to David for making these extracts available to us.

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fire

Carl Thurman Smith Collection

Submitted by Chris HK on Sun, 2015-02-22 03:01
Author: 
Carl Thurman SMITH [1918-2008]

Microfiche copies of many Hong Kong documents

Airplane crashes in and around Hong Kong

Submitted by David on Thu, 2012-11-15 17:19

A collection of pages about airplane crashes in, or related to, Hong Kong.

Click any of the links in "Pages" to read about one of the incidents.

Click here to add another.

Don Ady's wartime memories

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-07-20 19:25
Author: 
Don ADY [????- ]

Smuggled in and out of Stanley

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-04-20 14:44
Author: 
F. W. WRIGHT (aka BAAG No. 41 / Shiner / Shinah) [????-????]

The following excerpts come from this six-page typed report made by "F. W. Wright, Customs Officer" after he escaped from Stanley Camp. The excerpts have kindly been transcribed by Amelia Allsop of the Hong Kong Heritage Project (HKHP).

The original document is part of the Elizabeth Ride Collection, now housed in The HKHP Archive. For more information on this collection, please contact HKHP via their website: https://www.hongkongheritage.org/html/eng/index.html#/contact/ 

Japanese media reports of Hong Kong in WW2

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2011-12-29 22:34
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