A OBRA BENFAZEJA DA POLÍCIA por Padre Manuel Teixeira POLICE CHARITY WORK by Padre Manuel Teixeira [Este é um extracto de uma série de artigos em português sobre Macau durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, escritos aparentemente pelo P. Manuel Teixeira no início dos anos 80.] [This is an extract, roughly translated, from a series of […]
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TUDO PARA TODOS por Padre Manuel Teixeira EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE by Padre Manuel Teixeira [Este é um extracto de uma série de artigos em português sobre Macau durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, escritos aparentemente pelo P. Manuel Teixeira no início dos anos 80.] [This is an extract, roughly translated, from a series of articles in
Some war-time reminiscences by Frederic (Jim) Silva, 2012 I was in Macau for 3 years during World War II. I finished my high school education there under the tuition of Irish Jesuit priests from a very prestigious High School in HongKong. I was in HK after the Japanese invasion for nearly one year, aged 14;
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Revisiting the Reed Brothers by Armando “Pinky” da Silva*, with pictures added. 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
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Experiences at Shamshuipo & Sendai Camps by Cicero Rozario Previously published in Voz de Macaenses de Vancouver in November, 2001 and in two issues of the Bulletin of Lusitano Club of California. The permission of the Lusitano Club to reproduce these articles is gratefully acknowledged. Drawings by Cicero Rozario and A V Skvorzov, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force
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Bela Vista – Recollections of a Wartime Childhood by First published in UMA Bulletin Spring 2013; reproduced here with links to people’s personal pages and with the addition of a photo from Escola Particular Idália da Luz (First published in UMA Bulletin Spring 2013; reproduced here with links to people’s personal pages and with the
Our Bairro by Jorge Remedios (First published in the UMA News Bulletin circa 1999) he bairro was an area of cheap housing in Macau constructed for low-income workers in the years before the Second World War. As was true of so many other streets and areas in Macau, the bairro was named for some Portuguese
From Macau through China to India and Burma Hong Kong Portuguese in the Chindits Anne Ozorio February 2003 When Hong Kong refugees poured out of Hong Kong after its occupation by the Japanese in December 1941, many were destitute. In Macau those who could claim any kind of British connection were supported by the British
The Friendly Portuguese by Staff Sergeant H.P. McNaughton Staff Sergeant H.P. McNaughton was a Canadian prisoner-of-war in Sham Shui Po Camp in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Here he expresses his friendship with his fellow Portuguese prisoners. This design was made by Naneli Baptista. Marciano “Naneli” Baptista (1896-1957) was the grandson of the famous Macau and HongKong artist Marciano
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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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