60 items in this album on 3 pages.

Wendy Pamela Rossini, recently freed Australian internee of Stanley Internment Camp, displaying the typical daily rice ration for her family of 5 during Japanese occupation, Hong Kong, Aug-Sep 1945Recently freed internees of Stanley Internment Camp purchasing newspapers, Hong Kong, 12 Sep 1945British Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt reading the terms of surrender to the Japanese representatives, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945. At left is Chinese Major General Pan Hwa Kuei and far left is Adm Bruce FraserBritish Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt receiving the sword of Japanese Army Major General Umekichi Okada during the Hong Kong surrender ceremony, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945.
Wendy Pamela Rossini, recently freed Australian internee of Stanley Internment Camp, displaying the typical daily rice ration for her family of 5 during Japanese occupation, Hong Kong, Aug-Sep 1945Recently freed internees of Stanley Internment Camp purchasing newspapers, Hong Kong, 12 Sep 1945British Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt reading the terms of surrender to the Japanese representatives, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945. At left is Chinese Major General Pan Hwa Kuei and far left is Adm Bruce FraserBritish Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt receiving the sword of Japanese Army Major General Umekichi Okada during the Hong Kong surrender ceremony, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945.
Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita arriving at Government House, Hong Kong, for the surrender ceremonies while escorted by a Royal Marine, 16 Sep 1945. Note Thompson M1A1.Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita signing the Instrument of Surrender of Japanese forces in and around Hong Kong, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945Representatives of China, United Kingdom, and Japan signing the Japanese instrument of surrender for Hong Kong, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945A former internee looking at a building of the Stanley Interment Camp, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945
Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita arriving at Government House, Hong Kong, for the surrender ceremonies while escorted by a Royal Marine, 16 Sep 1945. Note Thompson M1A1.Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita signing the Instrument of Surrender of Japanese forces in and around Hong Kong, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945Representatives of China, United Kingdom, and Japan signing the Japanese instrument of surrender for Hong Kong, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 Sep 1945A former internee looking at a building of the Stanley Interment Camp, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945
Recently freed internees of Stanley Internment Camp boarding lorries which would take them to ships for their trips to Europe, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945Recently freed internees of Stanley Internment Camp receiving tickets for their trip to Europe, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945Recently liberated internees of Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945Accused Japanese war criminals under guard while awaiting transfer to Stanley Prison, Hong Kong, 29 Sep 1945
Recently freed internees of Stanley Internment Camp boarding lorries which would take them to ships for their trips to Europe, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945Recently freed internees of Stanley Internment Camp receiving tickets for their trip to Europe, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945Recently liberated internees of Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong, 18 Sep 1945Accused Japanese war criminals under guard while awaiting transfer to Stanley Prison, Hong Kong, 29 Sep 1945
Abandoned Zero fighter, Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, 1945Ki-27 fighter and the wreck of an Eurasia Aviation Corporation Ju 52 passenger aircraft at RAF Kai Tak, Kowloon, Hong Kong, late 1945USS Tamalpais on station at Hong Kong as a fresh water tanker ship, Mar 1946.Fifteen Japanese accused of the 18-26 Aug 1945 Lantau Island atrocities on trial, Hong Kong, 28 Mar 1946
Abandoned Zero fighter, Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, 1945Ki-27 fighter and the wreck of an Eurasia Aviation Corporation Ju 52 passenger aircraft at RAF Kai Tak, Kowloon, Hong Kong, late 1945USS Tamalpais on station at Hong Kong as a fresh water tanker ship, Mar 1946.Fifteen Japanese accused of the 18-26 Aug 1945 Lantau Island atrocities on trial, Hong Kong, 28 Mar 1946
Spitfire F.24 fighters of No. 80 Squadron RAF at Royal Navy station HMS Flycatcher (later Kai Tak Airport then Hong Kong International Airport), Hong Kong, Nov 1949USS Ticonderoga at Hong Kong, Mar-Oct 1960Wreck of Seawise University in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, Jul 1972Japanese Type 11 light machine gun on display at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, 24 May 2008
Spitfire F.24 fighters of No. 80 Squadron RAF at Royal Navy station HMS Flycatcher (later Kai Tak Airport then Hong Kong International Airport), Hong Kong, Nov 1949USS Ticonderoga at Hong Kong, Mar-Oct 1960Wreck of Seawise University in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, Jul 1972Japanese Type 11 light machine gun on display at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, 24 May 2008

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