Sham Shui Po

Camp Album

World War II /

Prison Camp Album 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 the […]

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Camp Album Tributes

World War II /

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

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NaneliAlbumOfDrawings

World War II /

Prison Camp Album 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 the

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Experiences at Shamshuipo & Sendai Camps

Biographies, World War II /

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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Friendly Portuguese

World War II /

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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