Some war-time reminiscencesby Frederic (Jim) Silva, 2012I was in Macau for 3 years during World War II. I finished my high school education there under the tuition of Irish Jesuit priests from a very prestigious High School in HongKong. I was in HK after the Japanese invasion for nearly one year, aged 14; then my […]
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Bela Vista – Recollections of a Wartime ChildhoodRaquel de Carvalho RemediosFirst published in UMA Bulletin Spring 2013; reproduced here with links to people’s personal pages and with the addition of a photo from Escola Particular Idália da LuzIt was Monday morning, December 8, 1941 and our amah, Ah Say, was trying her best to get
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 Po,
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HKVDC: Portuguese MembersAlfred Ernest Ablong, Corporal 2468No. 6 (Portuguese) LAA Company A.G. 12 & 13 P&O Building XD5 Reinald Sydney Ablong, Sapper 2974Unallocated HKVDC Mario Francisco Alarcon, Private 4053 No. 6 (Portuguese) LAA Company A.G.1 Taikoo Office Argyle Patrick Ed. d’Almeida, Private 2637 Unallocated HKVDC Christopher Paulo d’Almada e Castro, CaptainNo. 5 (Portuguese) CompanyLuís Gonzaga d’Almada Remédios Lance Corporal
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Hong Kong Farewell by Dr Eduardo Liberato (Eddie) GosanoFeature 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. The Gosanos Hazel Gosano and Eddie RemediosI was born in
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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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My Wartime Experiences and subsequent imprisonment under the Japanese December 1941 to AugustLuíz “Luigi” Vieira RibeiroThis has been edited into a form suitable for website, with images and links to Personal Pages added — HdA (Ed.)As far as I can recall, this typescript came to me from my uncle, Tony Braga, who was also a
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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
