Joseph was posted to Hong Kong with the RAF. He worked on the development of radar. On 26 March 1946 was in an aircraft which crashed on Lantau Island. He is buried in Sai Wan Cemetery. <Read more ...>
I'm so pleased to have found this group! I come from Vancouver (which is practically a colony of Hong Kong), and I'm so excited to be planning my first visit to the island in November of this year. My grandfather was a pre-war mountaineer who joined the RAF in late 1941. He spent the next few years flying over Burma, plus 2 seasons running fitness and survival training to RAF pilots in Kashmir. Following the war, he delayed his return home to England in order to see a bit of the world, and volunteered for a 6-month posting to Hong Kong. <Read more ...>
This photo is part of the Hedda Morrison Collection taken in 1946/47. It's Nathan Road showing the Star and Rose Hotels. The flat structure on the right is the Chungking Arcade. <Read more ...>
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