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World War II Minstrel Shows in HK camps

Submitted by JP--HKU on Fri, 2019-05-17 15:49

Does anyone have information about the minstrel shows that were put on by the folks in the Stanley and Sham Shui Po Camps during World War II?

Stanley seems to have held at least two minstrel shows:

John Bernard Patrick BYRNE (aka Barney) [1913-1955]

Submitted by Niall OReilly on Tue, 2013-05-21 23:03
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Byrne
Given: 
John Bernard Patrick
Alias / nickname: 
Barney
Birth
Date: 
1913-12-07
Death
Date: 
1955-04-10

I thought you would find the following very interesting. It is regarding my uncle Private John "Barney" Bernard  Patrick Byrne (HKVDC #4732) - Irish Prisoner of the Japanese in Shamshuipo and Sendai (1941-1945).

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HKVDC 2 coy
Irish prisoner of war in Hong Kong
JBPB & Co
John B P Byrne & Co
Shamshuipo POW camp
SS Naura Maru
Yoshima POW camp
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