List of Portuguese Members of HKVDC Drawing by Naneli Baptista. See also the album of his drawings. Many Portuguese men fought – and some died – in the defence of Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion in December 1941. Prisoners of war were interned in concentration camps in Hong Kong and elsewhere, where more died.* The defence of Hong […]
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Return of a great survivorA veteran who fought against the Japanese in Hong KongThe South China Morning Post HongKongThursday September 7 1995As a young soldier, José Gosano had some close encounters with death. The teenage volunteer was in a foxhole on the slopes of Mount Davis when a Japanese bomb landed two metres away –
The Life of a VeteranBiography of Henry Anthony Souzaby Michael SouzaIn the List of HKVDC members, he appears as Henrique Antonio Sousa – Ed.In 1841, after losing the First Opium War, China ceded Hong Kong to the Great Britain. The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC), also known as “The Volunteers”, was established in 1854 to
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FATHER JOSÉ “ZINHO” GOSANOFirst published in the UMA Bulletin Apr-Jun 2011 Vol 34 No 2 [Editor’s Note: A number of years ago the late Fr Zinho Gosano’s friend in New Zealand, a Father John Griffin, sent the UMA News Bulletin editor a floppy diskette containing an autobiographical narrative by Fr Gosano.
Roll of Honour, Stanley Military Cemetery, Hong KongMany of those who died in the defence of Hong Kong in December 1941 are buried in Stanley Military Cemetery and recorded in the Roll of Honour. I have extracted the names of those whom I could identify as Macanese from that list. (In this I was aided
The Life of a VeteranBiography of Henry Anthony Souzaby Michael SouzaIn the List of HKVDC members, he appears as Henrique Antonio Sousa – Ed.In 1841, after losing the First Opium War, China ceded Hong Kong to the Great Britain. The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC), also known as “The Volunteers”, was established in 1854 to
The Sorry Treatment of our War HeroesBy Anthony CorreaFirst published in the Bulletin of the Lusitano Club (Hong Kong). Top row standing: Army Instructor, , , Luís Romano Sequeira, Charles Edward Mackintosh, Alfredo Silva, Army Instructor, , , Alfredo Soares, ?, , , Army Instructor. Middle row kneeling: , Paulo Reis Front row sitting: ?,
Memories of World War IIBy Henry d’AssumpçãoIt was a great feast-day, celebrating the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. For me, then seven years old in Hong Kong, it was a holiday from school, for my older brother a half-holiday. So breakfast was leisurely that morning when our father announced solemnly: “War can start any
Revisiting the Reed Brothers All posthumous war accounts have a Rashomon-like quality in their telling. The story of the four Reed brothers who died in the Battle of Hong Kong is no exception. Theirs is not only a distinctively proud Hong Kong story but also a tragic family story of brotherly bonding., with pictures added.John
One man’s covert war mission changed Hong Kong historyIn August 1945 Roger Lobo – later a Hong Kong lawmaker – carried from Macau official confirmation war was over, allowing Britain to re-establish its rule and forestall a Chinese takeoverJason Wordie, SCMP 22/8/2015 Sir Roger Lobo (left) with retiring director of health Dr Thong Kah-Eong, in
