Prison Camp — Signatures During W0rld 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, produced a series […]
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Camp Album Cartoons Back to Introduction Kai Tak Liaison Getaway Nippy Star Line Will We Ever Forget Great Life Tin Crusher That Orful Feeling Will We Ever Forget Songs My Mother Never Taught Me Japanese soldier Canteen 1 Canteen 2 Canadian Red Cross Geneva Red Cross
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Camp Album Plays Back to Introduction Clicking on an image will usually give more information about the play – other drawings, the programme, the cast and the plot. Marciano “Naneli” Baptista produced stunning scenery and documentation for the plays that were produced in Sham Shui Po Camp helped alleviate the tedium and hardship of slave
Dixie Minstrels Dixie Minstrels Play “Dixie Minstrels” Plot Play “Dixie Minstrels” Part I Play “Dixie Minstrels” Part 2
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
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
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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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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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
SEIS SACOS DE TERRA PORTUGUESA por Padre Manuel Teixeira SIX SACKS OF PORTUGUESE SOIL 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
