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Stanley Military Cemetery - Francais Libre memorial

Submitted by harryhktc on Sun, 2013-07-14 05:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1990
Places shown in this photo: 
Stanley Military Cemetery [????- ]

Stanley Military Cemetery - 1945 Air Raid Victims

Submitted by harryhktc on Sun, 2013-07-14 04:55
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1990
Places shown in this photo: 
Stanley Military Cemetery [????- ]

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

Charles Schafer-Pan American Traffic Manager-Hong Kong-1942

Submitted by IDJ on Tue, 2013-07-02 17:35
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1942

Although the majority of British, American and Dutch nationals were moved to internment camps, Charles Schafer and four other American citizens employed by Pan American Airways and CNAC managed to escape internment by securing passes to work for the Hong Kong Medical Dept.

Liberty Theatre Cinema Yau Ma Tei

Submitted by hongkonggambit on Wed, 2013-06-19 09:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940
Places shown in this photo: 
Liberty Theatre [1949-1997]

I am new this web site, i noticed there was no image of the Liberty Theatre Yau Ma Tei in the grand data base you have here, well here is one I own....

R E Jones raising Union Jack at Stanley Camp

Submitted by David on Fri, 2013-06-14 10:06
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945
Places shown in this photo: 
Stanley Civilian Internment Camp [1942-1945]

Detail cropped from this photo.

R E Jones raising the Union Jack that he'd hidden, sewn into his mattress, throughout the internment.

Read more about the flag-raising on 30th August 1945.

Photo courtesy of Jones' daughter, Rae.

Flag raising ceremony at Stanley Camp

Submitted by David on Fri, 2013-06-14 10:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945
Places shown in this photo: 
Stanley Civilian Internment Camp [1942-1945]

R E Jones raising the Union Jack that he'd hidden, sewn into his mattress, throughout the internment.

Read more about the flag-raising on 30th August 1945.

Photo courtesy of Jones' daughter, Rae.

Kentwell L. K.-January 1942

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2013-05-24 21:26
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1942

Who was L.K. Kentwell that made the Japanese approach him to lead a puppet government in Hong Kong? Highlighted in above 1942 newsprint

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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2013-04-30 21:49

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