SEE DAVID TETT ' s BOOK: POW's IN CATHAY = THIS IS BY FAR THE LATEST RECORDED INCOMING MAIL TO A CANADIAN POW IN HONG KONG AND THE SECOND LATEST IN GENERAL FOR ANY ! POW INCOMING MAIL (latest is 28.7.1945).
THIS LETTER WAS SENT 5 JULY 45
SURRENDER OF JAPAN WAS ON AUGUST 15. 1945
HANDOVER OF HONG KONG TO THE ROYAL NAVY WAS ON AUGUST 30 1945
THE POSTCARD SHOWS A "S" IN PENCIL =PROBABLY CAMP S = SHAMSHUIPO
THE PICTURE THAT LISTS ALL THE RECORDED POW INCOMING MAIL ORIGINATES FROM DAVID TETT' s EXCELLENT BOOK (see https://www.fepowmail.com)
RICHARD WILFRED QUEEN-HUGHES HAD TO STAY IN SHAMSHUIPO CAMP UNTIL SEPT. 10 1945 !
RICHARD WILFRED QUEEN HUGHES:
Born at London, England, he came to Manitoba in 1923 to farm in the Killarney area. Five years later, he moved to Winnipeg and spent 27 years as Director of Public Relations for the Winnipeg Electric Company. During the Second World War, he served with the Winnipeg Grenadiers. He was taken prisoner in Hong Kong and spent three and a half years as a prisoner of war. In 1954, he formed his own communications company specializing in employee relations, business management, and public relations.
In 1961, he joined the editorial staff of the Winnipeg Tribune and became its Associate Editor in 1966. For four years, he wrote a “Times and Tides” column on political, economic, social, and human problems. He was a member of the Winnipeg branch of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs for 34 years and served on its executive for 20 years. He wrote Whatever Men Dare - A History of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (1935-1960).
On 24 November 1931, he married Katherine Gloria Queen, daughter of John Queen, and hyphenated his surname with hers. They had a daughter. In 1956, they purchased 697 Wellington Crescent, which had previously been used as a boarding house, and restored it into a 22-room mansion with six fireplaces, parquet floors, glass conservatory, and grand staircase.
He died at his Winnipeg home on 19 July 1970 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
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