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Removed from home page: death notice: Charles "Bomber" Thompson, Honourary HKVA member, 14 Feb '12

WASURERU-NAI, our National Newsletter (March edition) available for your reading pleasure

Items of interest from our Board of Directors online meeting of 15 March.

Our Image Gallery has been updated. Of special interest are photos graciously supplied by Tim Ko which show the display at the Museum of Coastal Defence in Hong Kong. There are other updates too.

BOD Meeting Results - Feb 2012 meeting

"In Memoriam" section added below to inform visitors of the passing of HKVCA members

Web page created on the subject of the Japanese Apology

Letter of Thanks to our Veterans (PDF)- Christian Chan. Highly Recommended

Check out Hong Kong author Tony Banham's Blog where he's looking for help in identifying a tag "RRC 23" attached to a field telephone. (See the 4 Dec entry on the page for details)

Special Christmas Tree commemorates Battle of Hong Kong - Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick)

To the Last Man ... Canadian Troops in the Battle of Hong Kong - Exhibition at the Museum of Coastal Defence, Hong Kong, 23 Dec to 20 June 2012 Poster (PDF)

Board of Directors Dec meeting results posted.

Watch a War Amps YouTube video of the 10 Dec ceremony at the Memorial Wall

WASURERU-NAI - National Newsletter, December 2011 Edition, now available

GASPA Films: Les Survivants de la Bataille de Hong Kong (In French, with some English) Watch online

A photo of two unknown Winnipeg Grenadiers has been posted on our Forum. Can anyone identify them?

Veterans Affairs Canada: Three Hong Kong Vets attend ceremonies at Hong Kong - 70th Anniversary of the Battle

Article: Capt Collison Blaver, A genuine Canadian hero - Orangeville Living, Page 38

November BOD Meeting Results posted

Christian Cassidy's BLOG: Remembrance: Captain John A. Norris

Remembrance Day 2011: Thoughts and Memories - Burke Penny

"I Remember" - by Austen Cambon, brother of Ken Cambon

Globe and Mail: Messages: Cardboard discs carry voice of POW in Japan

Legion Magazine: HONG KONG: The Inside Story of Canada's Role in a Doomed Garrison

A New Book published:
The Home Front: Hopscotch & Heartache While Daddy Was at War Details...

From CTV Winnipeg 22 Oct: No living Hong Kong Vets attending gala in their honour

BOD Online meeting for Oct was cancelled due to lack of quorum

The Third Edition of the HKVCA Cross Canada Writing Contest is now underway. Letters containing all the relevant information are going out to educators across the country, and details can also be found in the Teachers' Zone. The deadline for entries is May 25, 2012. Urge High School students in your area to take part. Cash prizes are offered.

Sept Edition of Wasureru-Nai, our National Newsletter published

Board of Directors Sept meeting update, including Region Reports

On Sept 17 HKVCA to attend the 3rd annual George Derby Centre event to remember our veterans. Details (image)

Photos of the renovated commemorative plaques in Hong Kong

Draft General Meeting minutes published

MB News: VICTORY OVER JAPAN OBSERVANCE AT ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH

New links to UK websites dealing with Far East POWs (FEPOW) added to the links page.

Please note that due to installation of lighting there will be no ceremony at the Memorial Wall on Aug 15.

Convention 2011, 11-14 Aug Granby, PQ - hope to see you there! (Updated as of July 28th)

Convention Update - mail strike issues and assurances

Report of the Consul General of Canada to Hong Kong

June online edition of our National Newsletter WASURERU-NAI published

Latest BOD Meeting Results page available (also linked from the left sidebar on all pages)

New Book: Uncle Mac's Hong Kong Diary added to our Suggested Reading page

Article from the Telegraph Journal: Belledune Memorial (PDF)Page added which lists site resources en français. This will be updated as translation resources permit

We've updated our Teachers' Zone. Take a look at our new look

C. Douglas Johnston's (Lt, RRC) story added

Interviews of Hong Kong vets at the Memory Project

Ernie's Story: Biography of Ernie Hodkinson (WG) now available on our site

Video Interviews- visit the VAC Heroes Remember web site to view the collection of interviews of Hong Kong Veterans. More will be added later.

Can you help Tyler Wentzell in his quest for information about Brigadier Lawson?

Little Hong Kong: Read how an ammunition bunker became a wine cellar

Hong Kong Trip Report by Ken and Ruth Barton. A Must-Read | Photo Albums

Telegraph-Journal - Tree in Campbellton park honours veterans

CBC Radio - interview with Nathan Greenfield and George MacDonell on 8 Dec, discussing comments made by Brigadier Wallis in his war diary (20 minutes)

WASURERU-NAI - our National Newsletter now online.

Larry Stebbe and George Peterson honoured - see Region News for details

The Oakville Beaver: Honouring soldiers - past and present (scroll down to read details on Hong Kong)

Editorial in The Globe and Mail: Remembering our soldiers’ service in Hong Kong, highlighting Nathan Greenfield's efforts

Michael Palmer interviewed by CBC regarding his book Dark Side of the SunRemembrance Day Tribute: Paul Lai in the HKVCA Forum

Letter: Why don't our high school students study the Battle of Hong Kong? (Daily Gleaner, Fredericton)

The Globe and Mail - A Dieppe in the Far East - a review of Nathan Greenfield's book The Damned by JL Granatstein

BC Members tell Hong Kong story at BCSSTA Conference and attend Veterans' Week in Chilliwack - read more in Region News

Fundraising: updated brochure posted

BC Region to participate in Veterans' Week at Royal BC Museum 5-10 Nov. See Calendar for details.

Article "Shine a light on the Rape of Nanking" in the Globe and Mail discusses atrocity-denial in Japan.

Sept 2010: National Post - Matt Gurney: Japan bravely apologizes for tiny, tiny percentage of its crimes Read more...