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Japanese troops on way to camp

Submitted by 80sKid on Thu, 2013-08-01 21:01
Image (external): 
Binary Data 9061078828

They're passing the Kowloon British School on Nathan Road

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945
Places shown in this photo: 
Kowloon British School [1902- ]
Image Galleries: 
1940s Hong Kong
Tags: 
Hong Kong
kowloon
WWII
World War 2
USAAF
Japanese
NARA
Nathan Road
Hong Kong Post War-1945

SWEEPY TIME GAL crew members

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2013-07-04 14:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1944

Ill-fated crew members of SWEEPY TIME GAL

SWEEPY TIME GAL

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2013-07-04 14:25
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1944

American B24 Liberator bomber shot down near Hong Kong April 1944

Japanese Artillery Shell

Submitted by Craig on Sun, 2013-01-20 19:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2013

Wong Nei Chong Gap Pillbox 3

Submitted by mad1941 on Sat, 2012-12-22 19:31
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012
Places shown in this photo: 
Wong Nai Chong Gap PB 3, Wong Nai Chong Gap [1940- ]

Portrait of Ron Brooks, by AJ Savitsky in Stanley Prison Camp, 1942.

Submitted by Suziepie on Mon, 2012-05-14 07:19
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1942

This is a portrait of Ron Brooks, in civilian clothes, done on 27 April 1942 by AJ Savitsky in the Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.  AJ Savitsky did some 200 portraits of the internees.

Suziepie

Arseny Joseph SAVITSKY (aka Joe) [1903-1990]

Submitted by Suziepie on Mon, 2012-05-14 06:31
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Savitsky
Given: 
Arseny Joseph
Alias / nickname: 
Joe
Birth
Date: 
c.1903-10-25 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1990-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

ARSENY JOSEPH SAVITSKY 

Portrait Artist in Stanley Prison Camp

AJ Savitsky was an artist interned in the Stanley Prison Camp during World War II, when the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, He was a Russian who had migrated to Hong Kong in the early 1930s and became a member of the Hong Kong Police Reserve in 1936. He was interned with other civilians, including police officers. 

Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
World War 2
Artist
Portraits
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Wartime wedding

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2011-07-30 17:22
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1942
Places shown in this photo: 
St. Joseph's Church (2nd generation) [1876-1967]

The wedding of Thomas Edgar and Evelina d'Oliveira, June 29, 1942.

Thomas Edgar was a baker, and not at that time interned in Stanley. Evelina was Portuguese, but voluntarily entered Stanley when Tom was interned in 1943.

The Japanese man in the photo is almost certainly Lieutenant Tanaka (not the Tanaka who was executed for war crimes), a man whose helpfulness to Allied prisoners was recorded by Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke.

The church I believe to be St. Joseph's.

1941 Peace Mission-part two

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2010-12-10 03:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1941

Further reporting on Mrs Lee's mission by the SCMP

1941 Peace Mission-part one

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2010-12-10 03:14
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1941
Places shown in this photo: 
Lyemun Flats / Lyemun Buildings / Harbour View Hotel / Arlington Hotel [1930-1956]

A more definative version of Mrs Lee's mission with her dogs as reported by the SCMP on December 15 1941

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