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Pillbox 425

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

Although someone wrote 426 on the tree trunk, the location belongs to Pillbox 425.

Pillbox 425

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

WAYABIYASHI [????-1942]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Wayabiyashi
Death
Date: 
c.1942-05-05 (Month is approximate)
Cause of death: 
Mortar Fire

Lieutenant Wayabiyashi was the officer who led the opening attack on The Shing Mun Redoubt, and effectively led to its fall. He was able to utilize the cover of darkness on the early morning of the 10th of December to skirt around the pillboxes of the Shing Mun Redoubt and go over the reservoir dam, attacking the redoubt from the rear. He led the group of 20 highly motivated men of the 229th IJA Infantry Regiment, and according to memoirs, they used only grenades and blades in capturing the redoubt.

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