Portuguese Jurors in Hong Kong Lists of people in Hong Kong who were eligible to be jurors have been published in the internet, for the years 1855 onwards. These include over 300 Portuguese and give valuable records of names, occupations and addresses. Apparent Portuguese names have been extracted from the lists for the years 1855, […]
Alfred Ernest Ablong, Corporal 2468 No. 6 (Portuguese) LAA Company A.G. 12 & 13 P&O Building XD5 Reinald Sydney Ablong, Sapper 2974 Unallocated HKVDC Mario Francisco Alarcon, Private 4053 No. 6 (Portuguese) LAA Company A.G.1 Taikoo Office Argyle Patrick Ed. d’Almeida, Private 2637 Unallocated HKVDC Christopher Paulo d’Almada e Castro, Captain No. 5 (Portuguese) Company Luís Gonzaga
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Hong Kong Farewell by Dr Eduardo Liberato (Eddie) Gosano Feature Story from Club Lusitano, Hong Kong, 18/06/2021 Extracts from his extraordinary, and colourful autobiography, “Hong Kong Farewell”, by Eddie Gosano, (1997), after he migrated to the USA. A full copy is available in the Club Lusitano Biblioteca. The Gosanos Hazel Gosano and Eddie Remedios I
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GOODBYE TO ALL THAT Filomeno “Meno” Baptista, March 2010 Japan surrendered unconditionally on August 15th 1945 and soon the rush to return to Hong Kong began. In early September our heroes arrived in Macau onboard a British frigate HMS Parret to reunite with their families; through them we learned that the prisoners who had been sent to
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The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Originally published in the Bulletin of the Lusitano Club of California, Vol. 27 No. 1, Spring 2017 by Filomeno Baptista The Regiment was formed in 1854 in response to an appeal by the Colonial Secretary. Ninety nine residents, mostly Portuguese, signed up becoming the first Volunteers. It was disbanded
