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Ma Tau Chung Refugee then POW Camp / Ma Tau Wai internment camp [????-????]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2010-04-08 14:44

As we've just added a place for the Argyle Street camp, here's one for the Ma Tau Chung (also spelled Chong) camp, which was just across the road.

Again, Tony Banham's books and website are the best reference on the subject. On the website he writes:

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Argyle Street Camp for Chinese Interned Soldiers / POW Camp / Barracks [1939-????]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2010-04-07 14:49
Date Place completed: 
1939-12-15

It's time as a POW camp is described in detail in Tony Banham's 'We shall suffer there'. He gives a brief description, map and photos on his website:

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RAF Mount Davis [????-1959]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-03-09 12:39
Date Place demolished: 
1959-01-01

I didn't know the Mount Davis site was used by the military after WW2, so it was interesting to hear from Norman Lawson that he'd been at RAF Mount Davis in 1956-7. He writes:

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Mount Davis Battery [c.1912- ]
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War Memorial Nursing Home / Royal Navy Hospital / BMH Mount Kellett [1932-1975]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2009-04-06 16:30
Date Place completed: 
1932-03-16
Date Place demolished: 
1975-06-30

The War Memorial Nursing Home opened on this site on Wednesday, 16th March 1932 [1].

Despite the name, in its early years it was a civilian hospital. The name referred to the fund that commemorated the people who fought in WW1, and which contributed to the costs of building this hospital.

After WW2, the Royal Navy Hospital in Wanchai was considered in too poor condition to be re-used. So the War Memorial Hospital was taken over by the Navy, and became the new Royal Navy Hospital.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
FL 65 / RBL 81 - Myrtle Bank, The Retreat, Wageningen [????- ]
The Retreat and Lustleigh - RBL 82 [????- ]
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HK Telephone Building / Telephone House, Nathan Road [c.1948-c.1976]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2009-01-18 19:10
Date Place completed: 
c.1948-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1976-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

This was described as Kowloon's 'first skyscraper', all of 12 storeys high! It certainly stands out in photos from the 1950s.

It stood at the junction of Cameron & Nathan Roads, on the northeast corner.

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Bowen Road British Military Hospital [1907- ]

Submitted by tngan on Wed, 2008-11-12 01:38
Date Place completed: 
1907-01-01

There is an entry in Wiki describing this building, which gives these dates: It was built between 1903 and 1906, and officially opened on July 1, 1907.

Donald C Bowie's 'Captive Surgeon' gives a detailed account of his time at the hospital between 1942 and 1945. During that time he was the Senior Medical Officer, and the hospital cared for Allied POWs.

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La Salle College (1st generation) [1932-1978]

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2008-11-03 12:02
Date Place completed: 
1932-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
1978-12-31
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Kowloon Park - former site of Whitfield Barracks [????- ]

Submitted by philk on Sun, 2008-10-26 20:55

This place was around until 1970, when it was then developed into Kowloon Park. Some of the original barrack buildings, built in 1910, remain and have varied uses: The Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre (housed in two former barrack blocks) and Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre.

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