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Camp Album Crests

Prison Camp Album Coats of Arms Back to Introduction When Hong Kong was surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas day, 1941, British prisoners of war were incarcerated in Sham Shui Po Camp.  Among them were Portuguese members of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.  Company Sergeant Major Marciano “Naneli” Baptista, a talented artist, produced a series

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Camp Album Index

Prison Camp Album Index The images in this section were from an album of Marciano Francisco de Paula “Naneli” Baptista MBE, mostly of his own drawings when he was a prisoner-of-war in Shamshuipo Camp, Kowloon, Hong Kong. His nephew Filomeno Marciano “Meno” Baptista kindly gave permission for them to be included in this website. Marciano “Naneli” Baptista (1896-1957) was

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Camp Album Tributes

Prison Camp Album Tributes Back to Introduction During World War II, when Hong Kong was surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas day, 1941, British prisoners of war were incarcerated in Sham Shui Po Camp.  Among them were Portuguese members of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.  Company Sergeant Major Marciano “Naneli” Baptista, a talented artist,

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