- Title Pages
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- New Preface
- New Introduction
- Preface
- Introduction
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1 Politics -
2 Life in the Camp I -
3 Life in the Camp II -
4 Life in the Camp III -
5 The Final Months and Liberation -
6 A Summing Up - A Note on Personal Interviews
- Appendices
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Appendix II -
Appendix III Deaths during Internment (from the gravestones, Stanley Cemetery) -
Appendix IV -
Appendix V (The Stericker Papers, Appendix V) -
Appendix VI -
Appendix VII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VI) -
Appendix VIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix II) -
Appendix IX (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VIII) -
Appendix X -
Appendix XI ‘Stanley Recipes’ -
Appendix XII ‘A Farewell to Stanley’ -
Appendix XIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix IV) -
Appendix XIV Broadcast by Mr. Gimson, 16th September 1945 Prior to His Departure from Hong Kong -
Additional Appendix I -
Additional Appendix II -
Additional Appendix III -
Additional Appendix IV -
Additional Appendix V -
Additional Appendix VI -
Additional Appendix VII - Bibliography
- Additional Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Introduction
- Chapter:
- (p.35) Introduction
- Source:
- Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945
- Author(s):
Geoffrey Charles Emerson
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This section describes the Stanley peninsula as the site of the internment camp for 3,000 non-Axis and non-Chinese civilians in the colony after Hong Kong surrendered to Japan. It also describes the location of the Stanley peninsula on the southeastern side of Hong Kong island, about nine kilometers from the city. At the tip of the peninsula is Stanley Fort, and moving inland is Stanley Prison and its grounds, St Stephen's College and Preparatory School, and Stanley Village. It notes that during the final hours before the surrender, on 24 and 25 December 1941, very heavy fighting occurred on Stanley peninsula as the Allies were pushed back towards Stanley Fort. It further notes that in buildings at St Stephen's College and within the prison grounds, hand-to-hand combat had taken place and Japanese troops had gone on a rampage of killing and raping at a hospital set up for wounded soldiers.
Keywords: Stanley peninsula, Hong Kong, Stanley Fort, Stanley Prison, St Stephen's, Stanley Village, Allies, Japanese troops
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- Title Pages
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- New Preface
- New Introduction
- Preface
- Introduction
-
1 Politics -
2 Life in the Camp I -
3 Life in the Camp II -
4 Life in the Camp III -
5 The Final Months and Liberation -
6 A Summing Up - A Note on Personal Interviews
- Appendices
-
Appendix II -
Appendix III Deaths during Internment (from the gravestones, Stanley Cemetery) -
Appendix IV -
Appendix V (The Stericker Papers, Appendix V) -
Appendix VI -
Appendix VII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VI) -
Appendix VIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix II) -
Appendix IX (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VIII) -
Appendix X -
Appendix XI ‘Stanley Recipes’ -
Appendix XII ‘A Farewell to Stanley’ -
Appendix XIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix IV) -
Appendix XIV Broadcast by Mr. Gimson, 16th September 1945 Prior to His Departure from Hong Kong -
Additional Appendix I -
Additional Appendix II -
Additional Appendix III -
Additional Appendix IV -
Additional Appendix V -
Additional Appendix VI -
Additional Appendix VII - Bibliography
- Additional Bibliography
- Index
