On the morning of February 25, naval patients were transferred to Bowen Road Hospital with the exception of those who had almost recovered, who were sent to North Point Prisoner-of-War Camp. The P.M.O. and naval nursing sisters were transferred to Bowen Road Military Hospital. The remaining naval medical officers were sent to the Military Hospital in St. Theresa's Convent, Kowloon. The naval sick berth staff were sent as prisoners-of-war to North Point Camp.
Report of the P.M.O. of the Royal Naval Hospital, Hong Kong (1941-1945): View pages
The P.M.O. remained at the Military Hospital , Bowen Road , until July , 1942 , after which he was transferred to the prisoner - of - war camp at Argyle Street , Kowloon . He remained in this camp until May 1944 .
In the prisoner - of - war camp at Argyle Street , conditions were very primitive and most unsuitable for the nursing of long - term cases . Nevertheless , it was only possible to transfer patients to one of the hospitals at very infrequent intervals . While at Argyle Street , the Principal Medical Officer operated on four cases of perforated duodenal ulcer and two of acute appendicitis .
In May 1944 , the P.M.O. of R.N. Hospital , Hong Kong , together with six other medical officers , was moved to Sham Shui prisoner - of war camp . He then embarked on a merchant ship which was carrying scrap metal from Hong Kong to Japan .
There were some 250 prisoners - of - war on board this ship , who were accommodated in one of the holds . The journey , broken by a short call at Formosa , was rendered more uncomfortable by the dysentery from which many of the prisoners - of - war were suffering .