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Chiu Yuen Cemetery (Eurasian) [1897- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2010-11-08 14:10
Date Place completed: 
1897-11-25

Findagrave.com has records for this cemetery, and several graves within the cemetery.

The Commonwealth Graves Commission website doesn't record any wartime graves in this cemetery.

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Jewish Cemetery [1855- ]

Submitted by annelisec on Fri, 2010-10-29 22:00
Date Place completed: 
c.1855-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
A. Stempel
Abraham Ben Leib Freiman
Abraham Moseh Alvares Vega
Abraham Shnidman
Adolf Wolepstein
Adolph Nathram
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Parsee Cemetery [????- ]

Submitted by lizchater on Fri, 2010-10-29 15:37
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Happy Valley
Parsee

Wanchai Roman Catholic Burial Ground [1841-1889]

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2010-09-23 12:57
Date Place completed: 
1841-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
1889-01-01

WAN CHAI - Protestant Burial Ground - opened 1841

last graves removed 1889 -  near St Francis Chapel above Queens Road East. 183 died in 1841

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West Point Burial Ground - Chinese Cemetery - Sai Ying Poon [1843-????]

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2010-09-23 11:12
Date Place completed: 
1843-01-01

1856

1856 Map - Detail - Sai Ying Poon

The graves were moved, and the land put into use for hospitals.

(approximate area of original Chinese Cemetery below)

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Chinese permanent cemetery, Aberdeen [c.1916- ]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2010-06-02 13:51
Date Place completed: 
c.1916-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
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Muslim Cemetery, Happy Valley [????- ]

Submitted by philk on Thu, 2009-08-13 10:46
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Happy Valley

Hong Kong Cemetery [????- ]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2009-05-23 10:22

(If you're looking for details of graves and burials in this cemetery, please visit the page http://gwulo.com/node/8746 for details.)

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Muslim cemetery, Kowloon [c.1921-c.1967]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2008-10-30 14:41
Date Place completed: 
c.1921-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1967-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

You can see this on the 1949 map, marked 'Mohammedan cemetery'. It must have been cleared since then though, as now it is the site of several buildings.

Booth found the skeleton of a snake there, and notes the unusual shape of the graves. He was given the following explanation by one of the staff at the Fourseas Hotel:

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