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Everything tagged "3 Loophole"

Pillbox 005, Kong Sin Wan / Telegraph Bay [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

The wartime map shows this pillbox on the pre-reclamation shoreline.

I don't know if there are any traces of the pillbox remaining, but if you have any memories or photos of where it was and how it looked, please leave a comment below.

Pillbox 003, Kong Sin Wan / Telegraph Bay [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

The wartime map shows this pillbox on the shoreline.

I don't know if there are any traces of the pillbox remaining, but if you have any memories or photos of where it was and how it looked, please leave a comment below.

Pillbox 002, Pok Fu Lam [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

The wartime map shows this pillbox was on the seaward side of Pok Fu Lam road, in front of Queen Mary Hospital.

I guess it has been demolished during one of the road widenings, but if you have any memories or photos of where it was and how it looked, please leave a comment below.

Wong Nai Chong Gap PB 3, Wong Nai Chong Gap [1940- ]

Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

This pillbox is shown as 'PB3' on a hand drawn map included in the War Diary of Major E.G. Stewart. I'm not sure if 'PB3' was the 'official' reference for the pillbox or just his personal numbering system, as there was another Pillbox number 3 on the Western shore of HK island, between Sandy Bay and Telegraph Bay.

Pillbox 016, opposite Middle Island [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

Pillbox 017, Repulse Bay [1939- ]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

PB 17, Repulse Bay

Pillbox 021, West Bay / Chung Hom Kok Beach [1939- ]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

See photos & notes here.

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