Tyndareus Stone [????-1993]
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Dates and location approximate for now. [Outline added, based on the map 1960.1 Hong Kong.]
The camp appears in photos of the area from the 1940s on. IDJ writes:
That whole area was covered with Nissen Huts and military playing fields up until at least the 1970s and probably until about the time the first Cross Harbour Tunnel was built.
The 'Gun Plot' website has a good history of the China Fleet Club, including this information about its construction & opening:
Blake Pier was built on Connaught Road at the end of Pedder Street, and opened in 1900. The Report of the Director of Public Works for 1900 said:
The War Memorial Nursing Home opened on this site on Wednesday, 16th March 1932 [1].
Despite the name, in its early years it was a civilian hospital. The name referred to the fund that commemorated the people who fought in WW1, and which contributed to the costs of building this hospital.
After WW2, the Royal Navy Hospital in Wanchai was considered in too poor condition to be re-used. So the War Memorial Hospital was taken over by the Navy, and became the new Royal Navy Hospital.