HILLMAN  WWII SCRAPBOOK
HMCS PRINCE ROBERT ARCHIVE II
Archive 02

HONG KONG MISSION 1945
Arrival and Freeing of Canadian POWs
Continued from Archive 01


HMCS Prince Robert


Landing party disembarking from HMCS Prince Robert
during the liberation of Hong Kong Aug 30, 1945


Canadian officer (possibly Colonel McKenna)
being helped aboard HMCS Prince Robert, Hong Kong Sept 29, 1945


Canadian and British prisoners of war awaiting liberation
by the landing party from HMCS Prince Robert, Hong Kong Aug 30, 1945


Canadian and British prisoners of war, liberated by a boarding party,
landed from HMCS Prince Robert, Kowloon, Hong Kong Aug 1945


Canadian and British prisoners of war,
liberated by the boarding party from HMCS Prince Robert, Hong Kong Aug 30, 1945


Canadian and British prisoners of war, liberated by the boarding party
from HMCS Prince Robert, Hong Kong, August 1945


Naval personnel from the HMCS Prince Robert visiting
liberated Canadian prisoners of war at Sham Shui Po Camp, Hong Kong Sept 1945


Cmdr. Peter MacRitchie of HMCS Prince Robert
with liberated Canadian prisoners of war at Sham Shui Po Camp, Hong Kong Sept 1945


Lt.-Cmdr. Fred Day of the HMCS Prince Robert
with liberated Canadian prisoners of war at Sham Shui Po Camp, Hong Kong Aug 1945


Chief Petty Officer Harold Kelly and Leading Seaman Nick Kryway
of HMCS Prince Robert, Hong Kong Sept 1945


Lt.-Gen. Tanaka signs the Instrument of Surrender
while Vice Admiral Fujita awaits his turn, Government House Sept 15, 1945


Maj.-Gen. Okada handing over his sword during the ceremony
marking the surrender of Japan in Hong Kong, Government House Sept 16, 1945

Quebec's sailor Paul-Heni Bouchard invited some PR crew members to sign on a Japanese flag
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