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Alfred BARTON [c.1864-1885]

Submitted by eurasian_david on Sat, 2020-12-12 08:10
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Barton
Given: 
Alfred
Birth
Date: 
c.1864-01-01 (Year is approximate)
Death
Date: 
1885-07-15
Cause of death: 
Cholera

"Two more deaths occurred among the military under canvas at Kowloon yesterday from choleraic diarrhoea. One of the men, Bombadier (sic) Barton, of the Lancashire divison of Royal Artillery, was taken ill at 6 in the morning and died at 11. The other victim, Rogers, a private in the Buffs, was attacked at about 8 a.m, and died at 1 p.m. It is only just a fortnight since the camp at Kowloon was established and five deaths have occurred in that short period amongst the men quartered there.

Tags: 
Bombardier
Royal Artillery
The Camp
kowloon

Andrew SALMON (aka Jack) [1919-2000]

Submitted by kensalmon on Fri, 2019-02-01 19:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
SALMON
Given: 
Andrew
Alias / nickname: 
Jack
Birth
Date: 
1919-07-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
London
Death
Date: 
2000-10-09

Andrew Salmon first came to Hong Kong in 1937 as a junior member (trumpeter) of the Royal Artillery. He fought the Japanese and was taken prisoner at Stanley in December 1941. He was in Shamshuipo camp and then was sent to Japan on the ill-fated ‘Lisbon Maru’.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
Royal Artillery
Lisbon Maru
Prisons Dept.
RAOB
POW

Gunnar Flann - account of HK military life 1950

Submitted by 80sKid on Wed, 2015-03-18 18:07

Interesting account here of two years spent doing national service in the Royal Artillery, mostly in Hong Kong. Some good photos appear at the end of each chapter.

http://www.gunnerflann.com/

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