Henry Anthony SOUZA [1921-1975]

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Names
Given
Henry Anthony
Family
Souza
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Hong Kong
Birthplace (country)
Hong Kong
Died
Date
Cause of death
Heart attack

-My name is Michael Souza and Henry Souza was my father.  

-He joined the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corp in 1938 and when war began, he was a member of the Field Ambulance Section of the Volunteers.  He became a POW when Hong Kong surrendered.

-He spent his time as a POW in the Shumshuipo POW camp and in April 1944, he was shipped to Japan and was incarcerated in Sendai Camp #2.  He laboured at the Iwaki Coal Mine in Yoshima until the end of the war.  

-When he was repatriated back to Hong Kong after the war, he remained a member of the renamed Hong Kong Defence Force and became a marksman.   

-Henry was married in 1947. 

-In 1958, he represented Hong Kong in the 3rd Asian Games in Tokyo and won the Bronze Medal in Shooting.  

-In 1959, when Prince Philip visited Hong Kong, he and my mother were both invited to visit him on board his yacht Britannia.

-In 1960, Henry represented Hong Kong in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and ranked 44th in his event. 

-In 1964, Henry represented Hong Kong in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo and ranked 39th in his event.  Preceding the Olympics, he was interviewed for an article in Sports Illustrated Magazine.  

-In 1966, he represented Hong Kong at the 5th Asian Games in Bangkok,Thailand and ranked 5th in his event.  

-Between 1951 and 1967, he won over 200 medals and awards at shooting events in Hong Kong.  

-He was also a member of the Sniper Section in the Hong Kong Regiment.

-He was employed by the Hong Kong Government as a Land Assessment Officer.  His office was in Tsuen Wan. 

-He had six children and in 1968, our family immigrated to Canada and we lived in North Vancouver, British Columbia. 

-In 1975, he suffered a heart attack at home and died.   He was 53. 

 

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