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4 unusual facts about Argyle Street Camp


Argyle Street Camp

Argyle Street Camp was a Japanese World War II Prisoner-of-war camp in Kowloon, Hong Kong which primarily held officer prisoners.

Today there are no memorials of any kind on the site of the camp, which is just to the south of St Teresa's Hospital.

In 1944 the officers were moved instead to Camp 'N' at Shamshuipo, and the Indian POWs from Ma Tau Chung Camp took up residence.

In January 1942 it was emptied, with the POWs moving to Shamshuipo, North Point, and Ma Tau Chung Camps.



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