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Image: Hong Kong Re-occupied. 30 August 1945, Hong Kong, Before, during and After the Re-occupation of the Crown Colony. A30509

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Description: Hong Kong Re-occupied. 30 August 1945, Hong Kong, Before, during and After the Re-occupation of the Crown Colony. Internees crowd round their liberator, Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt, Commander of the British Task Force which entered Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, the Admiral made it his first job to meet the people who had been under Japanese control for three and a half years. Here, he is talking with Miss C Franklin, former Matron of the British Naval Hospital.
Title: Hong Kong Re-occupied. 30 August 1945, Hong Kong, Before, during and After the Re-occupation of the Crown Colony. A30509
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//270/media-270519/large.jpg This is photograph A 30509 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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