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Albert Edward Birkinshaw was a Lance Bombardier in the Royal Artillery and served in the 12th Coast Regiment. He was interned in Argyle Street Camp and later transferred to Osaka No. 3 (Oeyama) Camp, Japan. He died on 20 December 1944. Age 29 years old.

Albert Edward Birkinshaw is buried/commemorated at Yokohama War Cemetery. 

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Takashi Sakai was an Officer of the Japanese Army. 

He led the attack on Hong Kong in December 1941.  From 25 December 1941 to 20 February 1942, he was the Governor of Hong Kong (under Japanese occupation). 

In 1946, he was arrested and extradited to China. He was accused at the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal and was sentenced to death for his responsibility for murdering Chinese civilians. He was executed by firing squad on September 30, 1946.

I am looking for information about my paternal grandmother. I believe her name was Yat-Ling, but I could be wrong. She was born in Japan pre-WWII before moving to Hong Kong, where she married my grandfather, Kai-Ming Leung (dec. 1993), and had four children. I believe her first child was born in the mid 1950s. Unfortunately, I do not have any additional information about her, as my father rarely spoke about her. In addition, although she died in 2014 (approx.), I never knew her because she did not speak English and I do not speak Cantonese or Japanese.

Commissioner for Civil Affairs of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong.



The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate, 04 Sep 1945 (Link) : 

In February 1945, Lieut Colonel Kanazawa Asao succeeded Col. Kennosuke Noma as Chief of the Kempeitai in Hong Kong.



Keiji Makimura's memories of the Japanese surrender :

(Japanese)  (English)

Between 1936 and 1942, Halsey Hulbert Matteson Wilbur was employed by the National City Bank of New York  and given various assignments concerned with foreign branch banking.

He was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated in 1942. After repatriation, he enlisted and joined the United States Marine Corps.

Melvin Lewis Marr was aged 13 when he was interned at Stanley Camp. He was repatriated to the United States in 1942. Not much is known of him or his parents.

Interned in Stanley Camp with her husband, Edward Hospes and two sons. They were all repatriated in 1942.

• Major General Suganami was the Chief of Staff of the Occupation Government in Hong Kong. He was in the post from November 1942 to June 1944. He was often portrayed by those who dealt with him as one of the more reasonable Japanese officers in Hong Kong.
• He advocated treating the people of Hong Kong well to win their hearts, rather than abusing them. Suganami particularly emphasized the importance of protecting the religious freedom of local Christians.

• His father (山口安郎) formerly served as a Sergeant Major in the Intelligence Unit of the Japanese Army Infantry and worked in the China region. After retirement, he engaged in import and export business in China. Yamaguchi Getsuro later inherited his father's business in China, and then came to Hong Kong in 1940.