St. Albert's temporary hospital on Rosary Hill

Fri, 11/03/2023 - 11:22

Dennis Morley  (Last survivor of World War II prison ship tragedy dies aged 101) :

The survivors were evacuated to Hong Kong Island, but after a week of bombing and shelling, the Japanese launched an invasion of the island itself. The Royal Scots, defending Mount Nicholson, overlooking Wong Nai Chung Gap in the island's centre, saw more fierce fighting. Morley was admitted to St Albert's Hospital  suffering from battle fatigue.

Three other front-line hospitals were the scenes of rapes of nurses and massacres of patients and medical staff, and on the morning of December 23 Japanese soldiers burst into St Albert's. A Japanese officer was lying in the hospital morgue and a nurse, Mary Currie, with great presence of mind, covered his body with a Japanese flag in a gesture of respect. Though taken prisoner, Morley believed that she had saved their lives.

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Sources : "Dennis Morley: Royal Scots bandsman who helped defend Hong Kong and survived a notorious Japanese massacre" Daily Telegraph, Feb 11, 2021

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