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Photos and Artifacts

 Series — Container: Harold Thomas Matches Collection Box 3, Folder: 5.1-5.13

Scope and Contents

Contains: 5.1 Photo Album I. Photos of Stanley Internment Camp; Group photos of CID Kowloon City Police Station, July 1948; family & wedding photos

5.2 Photo Album II. Wedding photos; photos of police colleagues

5.3 Loose Photos. Wedding pictures

5.5 1 Cloth armband bearing Chinese characters "憲兵"

5.6 1 Cigarette case originally contained 4 police insignia now on uniform

5.7 1 British passport dated 11 February 1946, issued by Governor General of Australia

5.8 1 Police ID card dated 10 April 1947 with photo

5.9 1 Police ID card dated 11 December 1940 with photo missing

5.10 1 Membership card of HK Police Sports Association, dated 1948/49

5.11 1 Temporary passport issued in Stanley Internment Camp dated 19 August 1945 signed by Franklin Gimson, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong

5.12 1 Surrender leaflet used by Allied Forces to advise the Japanese scattered through the Islands of New Guinea regarding the end of the war, and also the natives in outlying parts

5.13 1 HK Police winter uniform jacket with insignia

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1941 - 1948

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 3.9 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 1 photo album, 1 oversize flat box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English