The Life of a Veteran Biography of Henry Anthony Souza by Michael Souza In 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), […]
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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The Long March A Longa Marcha Joyce Van Langenberg A feverish excitement swept through Tung Cheong Terrace from building to building, floor to floor and balcony to balcony like a succession of waves that rolled in from the sea towards the shingled beaches. The atmosphere was euphoric filled with wild anticipation unlike the trauma of
Philippe Yvanovich An edited version of a booklet previously distributed privately by Philippe Yvanovich. His family has kindly given permission for it to be included in this website.December 7, 1941After 10 am mass at St Theresa’s I went along to the Club Recreio for a game of hockey and lunch at the Club. Then we
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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.
I reported, as instructed, to my department at the Bank building in . It dealt with Foreign Exchange, which covered all outward remittances. Apparently my other departmental colleagues had not heard the wireless announcement for I was the only soul present. My Wartime Experiences and subsequent imprisonment under the Japanese December 1941 to August Luíz
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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 2017by 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 when
The Sorry Treatment of our War HeroesBy Anthony CorreaFirst published in the Bulletin of the Lusitano Club (Hong Kong). Top row standing: Army Instructor, Victor Maria Nunes, Germano de Pinna, Luís Romano Sequeira, Charles Edward Mackintosh, Alfredo Silva, Army Instructor, Sebastião Rui da Silva, Sílvio Silvino de Sousa, Alfredo Soares, ?, Eduardo Francisco dos Passos,
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
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