Comments on: Massacre and Atrocities in Hong Kong during WWII

By: Wong Shun Leung’s Challenge Matches (Beimo)

Wong Shun Leung’s Challenge Matches (Beimo) — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:29:29 +0000

[…] heard about what went on in Hong Kong. Curious, I looked around and found various sources (such as this page) detailing the events of the occupation. Basically, there was an untold number of rapes and […]

By: Christine McDerment

Christine McDerment — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:22:24 +0000

So many fascinating and sad stories on here. Thank you all for sharing.
I am looking for any information I can find on my great-uncle William Robertson who was a banker in Hong Kong when it fell. He joined the HKRNVDF and was imprisoned but I can’t find out where. He had the rank of Warrant Officer (with seniority – whatever that means).
He survived and returned home eventually to Scotland. His wife made it out in time and spent the war in Sydney waiting for him.
I remember visiting them both in their lovely home when I was young. They were lovely people, very gentle and charming. I shudder to think what he went through in Hong Kong.
Thanks in advance for any info.
Christine

By: Bryan Mark Rigg: Nurses are sacred part of our society, military * EPeak World News

Thu, 07 May 2020 07:26:42 +0000

[…] always been revered in history. In my latest book, “Flamethrower,” I share the tragedy of what happened to Allied nurses in Hong Kong when the Japanese sacked the city in December 1941: Most were brutally raped and murdered by […]

By: Don

Don — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:28:20 +0000

In reply to Joseph Robert Bingham. Mr. Joseph Robert Bingham, Thanks for your question. The answer to your question "Was the "foreign' nurse that put herself between the Japanese and wounded British soldiers German?" is no, based on the information I received from my friends Simon K. Li and Jonathan Hung (both from Hong Kong). That nurse is Elizabeth Mosey, an Australian. Here are three references given to me by Simon K. Li: (1) Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941 (回頭無望：1941年香港保衞戰) By Tony Banham (HKU Press): https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Pr7ZjNCqyUsC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=%22Elizabeth+Mosey%22,+%22hong+kong%22,+nurse&source=bl&ots=Uw7MLFAUB_&sig=ACfU3U2FfYW6hwh1KnK9OyRU2QCEOZjflA&hl=zh-CN&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqz4-Gi-7nAhVPyYsBHW7tA94Q6AEwDnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Elizabeth%20Mosey%22%2C%20%22hong%20kong%22%2C%20nurse&f=false (2) Elizabeth Mosey by Sophie Baker https://veteranssa.sa.gov.au/story/premiers-anzac-spirit-school-prize-2019-elizabeth-mosey-by-sophie-baker/ (3) Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 By Francis Pike (Bloomsbury Academic) https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SfTQDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT432&lpg=PT432&dq=%22Elizabeth+Mosey%22,+%22hong+kong%22,+nurse&source=bl&ots=XhQzCCipVU&sig=ACfU3U0Aro5BmHbvpyYoMD7Xp_nJAcxq2w&hl=zh-CN&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqz4-Gi-7nAhVPyYsBHW7tA94Q6AEwDXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Elizabeth%20Mosey%22%2C%20%22hong%20kong%22%2C%20nurse&f=false Thanks again for your question. Don Tow

By: Joseph Robert Bingham

Joseph Robert Bingham — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 03:35:50 +0000

Was the “foreign” nurse that put herself between the Japanese and wounded British soldiers German? As Japan was an ally of Germany this might explain why they “retreated” instead of killing the British.
Being German was how that Nazi official in China was able to help some of the Chinese people from the Japanese military.

Just curious.

By: Tim Leonard

Tim Leonard — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:40:09 +0000

I lived in Hong Kong, as a child in 1961-1965, at Stanly Fort. I had no idea of the massacre that took place at St. Stephen’s College. I have been shocked, horrified and deeply sadened by the acts of the Japanese.

Three things are required for forgiveness:

1. Individually or collectively there is sorrow by the perpertrator for what they have done
2. There is acceptance and acknowledgement of the crime
3. Sincere and genuine undertaking of acts to ensure non-repetition

The Japanese, by all accounts, have not got beyond Step 1. It is not like they have not had time, or evidence.

By: Gary CHIN

Gary CHIN — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:44:08 +0000

Hi All;

I know what I am going to Post has nothing to do with the Second World War.
But Has anyone here ever heard of the Chinese Labour Corp (World War One)
Theatre!

And the Book By Gregory James.

And Joseph Warren STILWELL “Vinegar Joe” in World War Two.
I know HKers is going through a Rough Patch at the Mo. But it has seen harder times! 24th Nov. 2019.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 22:29:19 +0000

Mitzi,

Thank you so much for sending us your comments about your Dad and his fellow soldiers’ experiences during the Battle of Hong Kong and the aftermath from 1941-1945. It is an important part of history which is seldom even mentioned.

I will go study the website “Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association.” Thanks again for you and your colleagues’s efforts throughout all these years.

Don Tow

By: Mitzi Ross

Mitzi Ross — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 21:32:48 +0000

I am the daughter of Lancelot Ross of Canada who was in the Battle of Hong Kong (1941 Dec. 8 – 25. He was one of 1,975 Canadian men who made up “C” Force who were sent to defend the garrison of Hong Kong. There were 2 Battalions sent over: the “Royal Rifles of Canada”(960 men), the “Winnipeg Grenadiers” (911 men) plus the Brigade Headquarters (104 men). He, along with his fellow soldiers, fought long and hard against the Japanese troops who completely outnumbered them. The battle went on for 17 days until December 25th. When the battle ended, my Dad and the other Canadian soldiers who survived were imprisoned from that day until August 15, 1945 – a total of: 3 years and 8 months of starvation, daily beatings, torture, lack of medicines and slave labour working in mines ship yards and factories.

My Dad returned to Canada after the war but many did not return. The numbers are: out Of the 1,975 who went over, at the end of the war there were 550 dead (290 died in the battle and another 260 died in the prison camps). This makes for a very high casualty rate. Those who survived and returned home were never the same. They had physical scars as well as emotional scars. Many died young.

If you would like further information, please check out our website about the Battle of Hong Kong and the nearly 4 years as POW’s. There you will find:
the history of the battle & the POW years, statistics, info and pictures of the Hong Kong Veterans Memorial Wall in Ottawa, Canada, a teachers zone, a list of books, personal accounts & diaries, coming events plus lots of other information you may find interesting.

The website of the “Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association” was developed and is kept up-to-date by some of the the children of the Veterans and can be found at:

hkvca.ca

By: valerie davies

valerie davies — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:20:27 +0000

I’ve just written a blog ( Coming home) which includes some information about the Japanese invasion of Hongkong.
Some years before living in HK,I also lived in a house by the river at Pengalen Chepa in Kota Bahru Malaya, where the Japanese had sailed past as they motored up the river in their motor boats at dawn on the morning of Pearl Harbour when they also invaded Malaya at the same time. The bullet holes from their machine guns were still there in a long line piercing the pink stucco. They simply couldn;lt resist spraying everything with bullets