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Pillbox 012, Po Chong Wan [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

The position of PB12 where the one legged Chinese Admiral Chan Chak's escape launch was shot up from as his party were escaping to find the 2nd MTB Flotilla.

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Pillbox 015, Deep Water Bay [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

Pillbox 063, Central (Old Vehicular Ferry Pier) [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

Update: Rob has identified this as Pillbox 063]

Although the wartime maps don't show the location of pillbox 061, we're guessing this is where it was.

The red marker shows the approximate location of the northern tip of the western arm of the old vehicular ferry pier. You can see the pillbox on this photo of the ferry pier in the 1950s:

Pillbox 062, Central (Connaught Road near GPO) [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

Pillbox 62 was on Connaught Road, in front of the GPO building.

Looking for pillbox #72

Monday's walk was one of those 'it's the journey, not the destination' outings. In theory I was going to find the location of pillbox 72, but in any case it was lovely weather, and a good excuse to scramble over some rocks.

Pillbox in the Aberdeen Reservoir area [1940- ]

Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

Entrance of the Pillbox

Pillbox 058a, Junction of Queen's Rd E., Hennessy Rd., Queensway [1941-????]

Date Place completed: 
1941-01-01

[2022 Updated with corrections from Rob]

This photo by Harrison Forman gives a clear view of the pillbox.

Pillbox 057, Wanchai (Hennessy Rd / Johnston Rd / Stewart Rd) [1939-????]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

UWM's Harrison Forman collection has several photos of this area and the pillbox in 1941 (see below).

Interesting to see there was a gas station on the junction even then, and apparently under the same management. In 1941 the station sign says 'Texaco', and today's station is the ground floor of a building named Caltex House, Texaco being an ancestor of the Caltex brand.

Some points for discussion:

1. Direction.

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