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Women  Escravatura, concubinagem e casamento em Macau: séculos XVI-XVIII by Leonor Diaz de Seabra and Maria de Deus Beites Manso (Slavery, concubinage and marriage in Macau: 16th-18th centuries. In Portuguese)

World War II

An Account of my war experiences and subsequent imprisonment under the Japanese by Luiz “Luigi” Vieira Ribeiro,

Album of drawings by Marciano “Naneli“Baptista – A collection of drawings made in a Prisoner of War camp in Hong Kong

Alex  by Joyce Van Langenberg -Experiences of Alexandre Jorge “Alex” Alves at the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific

Bela Vista – Recollections of a Wartime Childhood by Raquel Remedios,

Covert War Mission by Jason Wordie.  Sir Roger Lobo‘s role in forestalling a Chinese takeover of Hong Kong – Article in South China Morning Post

Escape from Shamshuipo Camp  by Joyce Van LangenbergReggie Baptista‘s escape from POW camp

Eu Estive em Macau Durante a Guerra by António de Andrade e Silva – Instituto Cultural de Macau, Museu Centro de Estudos Marítimos de Macau 1934 I was in Macau during the War. (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)

Everything for Everyone – feeding a destitute army during World War II  by Padre Manuel Teixeira (?)

Experience, Memory and the Construction of the Past: Remembering Macau 1941-1945 by Melania Dawn Cannon, Master of Arts Thesis, Department of History, University of British Columbia, Aug 2001

Experiences at Shamshuipo and Sendai Camps by CiceroRozario, Memoirs of a prisoner-of-war in Kowloon and Japan

Frank’s Story – Short autobiography of Frank Correa, including experiences during World War II

An Account of my war experiences and subsequent imprisonment under the Japanese by Luiz “Luigi” Vieira Ribeiro,

The Friendly Portuguese by HP McNaughton

From Macau through China to India and Burma: Hong Kong Portuguese in the Chindits by Anne Ozorio

 José “Zinho” Gosano

From Prison Camp to Priesthood by Penelope Forster, Seaview Press – A biography of José “Zinho” Gosano; (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)

The Life and Times of Father José “Zinho” Gosano Memoirs of a sportsman, soldier, prisoner-of-war and priest

Hetty’s Story by Joyce Van Langenberg – Experiences of Celeste “Hetty” Van Langenberg during World War II

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps: List of Portuguese members

Hong Kong War Diary by Tony Banham See a list of all HK Volunteer Defence Corps members, or a list of just the Portuguese volunteers

I Will Remember – Recollections and Reflections on Hong Kong 1941 to 1945 – Internment and Freedom by Les Fisher, ISBN 1-85741-038-6, Hobbs the Printers, Hampshire, Great Britain, December 1996. Diary of a POW in the Shamshuipo Camp

The Long March  by Joyce Van Langenberg -Account of prisoners-of-war being incarcerated at Shamshuipo

Memories of World War II by Henry  d’Assumpção, A personal account of the war years

My Wartime Experience  by PhilippeYvanovich – An edited version of a privately produced and distributed booklet 2009

Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941 by Tony Banham UBC Press, 2003

Police Humanitarian Work in Macau during World War II by Padre Manuel Teixeira?

Refugees – the dire situation of refugees during World War II  by Padre Manuel Teixeira?

Revisiting the Reed Brothers by Armando “Pinky” da Silva — Some notes on the Reed Brothers and their fate during the Battle of Hong Kong

The Sorry Treatment of our War Heroes by Anthony Correa – The contrast between the treatment of British and Portuguese ex-servicemen.

We Shall Suffer There: Hong Kong’s Defenders Imprisoned, 1942-45 by Tony Banham ISBN: 9622099602 Hong Kong University Press, 2009

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