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Cover Page of Booklet 'HONG KONG Before, During and After the Pacific War'

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012

The cover page of the Booklet "HONG KONG Before, During and After the Pacific War" by M.F. Key, OBE, (former internee of Stanley Prison Camp).  The Booklet was published in November 1945, Australia, and June 1946 Hong Kong. This photo accompanies the Full Text of the Booklet featured on Gwulo.

Maurice Frederick KEY [1886-1969]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Key
Given: 
Maurice Frederick
Birth
Date: 
c.1886-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Chester, Cambridgeshire
Death
Date: 
c.1969-04-01 (Day is approximate)

M.F. Key,   O.B.E. - Secretary to the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce - was an internee in Stanley Prison Camp during WWII. For some time he shared a room with the Vice-Chancellor of the University - (who was giving lectures at the camp on English literature for two years, twice a week).

Mr Key published a small, 12 page, soft-cover booklet/pamphlet initially in Kaplee, Kapunda, Australia, in November 1945.  Because of heavy demand, he re-produced the booklet in Hong Kong in June 1946.

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Birthplace (country): 

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