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1945 St Joseph's Home for the Aged Chapel

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Being close to Kai Tak, the Home was requisitioned and served as temporary quarters for the RAF in 1945.

1945 St. Joseph's Home for the Aged

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Being close to Kai Tak, the Home was requisitioned and served as temporary quarters for the RAF in 1945.

1945 GPO Special Chop

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

According to the Postmaster General, Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones  there were several bags of mail that were received at the General Post Office prior to the surrender on 25 December 1941. The mail had yet to be delivered locally or overseas. To resolve the problem, a wooden chop was specially made to indicate on the covers that the letters had been delayed from December 1941 to September 1945. Mr.

1945 RAF Kai Tak Marine Craft

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

1945 Kai Tak Airport - Ground View

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Tents of HMS Nabcatcher in the distance. The Navy occupied the western portion of the airfield.

1945 Kai Tak Airport - Aerial View

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Street Fire Alarm

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940

View the original, larger copy of this image at the UWM website: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/23421/rec/...

Cathay- Catalina flying boat-Passenger-Batley present-clip fron log-book page

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

Enlargement of names from Dale Cramer's log-book entries 

difficult to determine what the writing is saying in front of Batley,      Mr??

Cathay- Catalina flying boat-Passenger-Batley present-pilot's log-book page

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

not sure which Batley family member is listed here

This is a Cathy pilot's log-book page  for a Macau-Kai Tak flight on 2 July 1948.

The  pilot was Dale Cramer whose Cathy Catalina was later high-jacked in an attempt seize the gold it was carrying on 16 July 1948. All on board were lost except one high-jacker who survived

the de Costa listed under the Batley name was probably Delca de Costa an air hostess who  lost her life in the high-jacking crash 

 

1941 Gascoigne Road Street Sign

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1941

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