Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1947
A reported substantial discrepancy between what the gold bullion manifest claimed, and the amount recovered from the crash at the time of news-print publication.
Fire up the metal detectors and head for the hills!! <Read more ...>
See this Japanese photo with the caption "灘頭防禦第9號機槍堡" (Beach head defence pillbox No 9), downloaded from the Japanese National Institute for Defense Studies <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1946
Loose photo of HMS Bonaventure arriving in Hong Kong found among the papers of Captain W.R. Fell. Caption on back reads "Coming alongside at Kowloon - pinnacle on distant hill is Jap memorial near summit of peak HK." We may find the exact date in W.R. Fell's diaries. In the meantime there is an account of HMS Bonaventure's various missions at http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/Ships/BONAVENTURE.htm... A photo of her at Hong Kong is already on Gwulo. <Read more ...>
