Autograph Book of Luis Gonzaga “Luigi” Gosano Livro de autógrafos de Luis Gonzaga “Luigi” Gosano This booklet, a priceless relic from Shamshuipo Prisoner-of-War Camp, Kowloon, Hong Kong, was given to me for safekeeping by Luigi’s good friend, Filomeno “Meno” Baptista. Some of the drawings – like this frontispiece – are unmistakeably the work of the […]
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
Colonel who took a secret to the grave The South China Morning Post HongKong by Jason Wordie, Sunday October 3 1999 The death last Sunday of Colonel Henrique Alberto de Barros Botelho at the age of 93 removes a major player in a long and significant part of Hong Kong’s history – the once prominent
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Escape from Shamshuipo Camp January 1942 by Joyce Osmund Van Langenberg “Shit!” swore aloud. “What kind of crap place is this?” He gazed in disgust at the devastation around him. In peacetime Shamshuipo Barracks provided amenable accommodation for thousands of men particularly from The 1st Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment. More comfortable than most barracks, it was
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Experiences at Shamshuipo & Sendai Camps Cicero RozarioPreviously 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 Editorial
Experiences of Frank Correa and Hetty Van Langenberg during World War II. FOREWORD It seems appropriate to mark our son Anthony’s fortieth Birthday with this document which relates to his father’s experiences during the turbulent years of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War. We all recall Frank often reminiscing about
The Friendly Portuguese 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. O sargento H.P. McNaughton foi prisioneiro de guerra canadiano no campo de Sham Shui
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Dr Eduardo Liberato “Eddie” Gosano 1914-2010Feature Story from Club Lusitano, Hong Kong, 18/06/2021Extracts 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.This is enough insight of my ancestry to give you a particular insight into
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Return of a great survivor A veteran who fought against the Japanese in Hong Kong The South China Morning Post HongKong Thursday September 7 1995 As 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
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),