cmshun Sat, 03/11/2017 - 17:13 prevnextoldernewer Date picture taken 5 Jul 1943 Gallery Military and Wartime Shows person / people Kichinosuke TSUKAHARA [1895-1984] Shows place(s) Sailors Home and Mission to Seamen / Harcourt House [1933-c.1983] Log in or register to post comments Comments Re: Location I think the building may be the Sailors Home and Mission to Seamen as seen here Log in or register to post comments Good identification of the Good identification of the location! Please can a Chinese reader help translate what the characters on the vertical sign say? Log in or register to post comments Vertical Sign My Japanese friend translated the vertical sign as "Hongkong Navy Petty Officer and Navy Men Gathering Hall". Wikipedia (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E5%A3%AB%E5%AE%98) gives further explanation of Petty Officer (下士). CM Log in or register to post comments
Re: Location I think the building may be the Sailors Home and Mission to Seamen as seen here Log in or register to post comments
Good identification of the Good identification of the location! Please can a Chinese reader help translate what the characters on the vertical sign say? Log in or register to post comments
Vertical Sign My Japanese friend translated the vertical sign as "Hongkong Navy Petty Officer and Navy Men Gathering Hall". Wikipedia (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E5%A3%AB%E5%AE%98) gives further explanation of Petty Officer (下士). CM Log in or register to post comments
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Re: Location
I think the building may be the Sailors Home and Mission to Seamen as seen here
Good identification of the
Good identification of the location!
Please can a Chinese reader help translate what the characters on the vertical sign say?
Vertical Sign
My Japanese friend translated the vertical sign as "Hongkong Navy Petty Officer and Navy Men Gathering Hall". Wikipedia (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E5%A3%AB%E5%AE%98) gives further explanation of Petty Officer (下士).
CM