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June 15-16, 2011

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Lot #797
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH HONG KONG Japanese Occupation
1942 (Dec) stationery card from British Civilian Internee at Stanley Camp (a civilian internment camp in Hong Kong during World War II, located in Stanley, on the southern end of Hong Kong Island, it was used by the Japanese imperial forces to hold non-Chinese enemy nationals after their victory in the Battle of Hong Kong, a battle in the Pacific campaign of World War II. About 2,800 men, women, and children were held at the non-segregated camp for 44 months from early January 1942 to August 1945 when Japanese forces surrendered) to a British POW held at the Japanese Prisoner of War camp (for Allied soldiers) at Shamshuipo, Kowloon
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