Sgt. M. J. Flaherty was a HK police officer who died whilst interned in Stanley Camp in 1944. George Wright-Nooth describes his funeral, (in somewhat disparaging terms it must be said), in detail in his book “Prisoner of the Turnipheads.”
If you click on 'What links here' at the top of the page and view the linked pages, you can see some more information about the coffin from diaries written at the time of Mr Flaherty's death.
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Sgt. Fhaherty
Sgt. M. J. Flaherty was a HK police officer who died whilst interned in Stanley Camp in 1944. George Wright-Nooth describes his funeral, (in somewhat disparaging terms it must be said), in detail in his book “Prisoner of the Turnipheads.”
Police Sgt. M J FLAHERTY
Why was he given a Coffin made from stolen wood ?
re: Police Sgt. M J FLAHERTY
If you click on 'What links here' at the top of the page and view the linked pages, you can see some more information about the coffin from diaries written at the time of Mr Flaherty's death.