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Norwegian War Time Committee [c.1941-c.1945]

Submitted by auurauur on Sat, 02/04/2017 - 16:19

The Norwegian War Time Committee

The Norwegian War Time Committee was set up shortly after the surrender and during the early Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Their mission was to provide help and assitance to the Norwegian community in Hong Kong as Norwegians were given status as third nationals and semi-enemies and not permitted to leave the territory by the Japanese.

Members

In his statement given in Kweiling in April 1943 after his escape from Hong Kong, Ragnar Brodersen listed these member as of February 1943:

Ma Tau Chung Refugee then POW Camp / Ma Tau Wai internment camp [1938-????]

Submitted by David on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 14:44

As we've just added a place for the Argyle Street camp, here's one for the Ma Tau Chung (also spelled Chong) camp, which was just across the road.

Again, Tony Banham's books and website are the best reference on the subject. On the website he writes: