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English: A plaque commemorating the Canadians who died as a result of internment in prisoner of war camps during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong from 1941-45.

Placed by the Hong Kong Veterans Association of Canada alongside two maple trees planted in 5 December 1991 in Sham Shui Po Park, built on part of the site of the former Sham Shui Po Barracks, which served as a POW camp during the occupation.

For more images of this plaque, visit Category:Memorial plaque, Sham Shui Po Park.

The text reads, in English:

TWO MAPLE TREES WERE PLANTED ON 5 DECEMBER 1991
IN MEMORY OF OUR CANADIAN COMRADES
WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE, PERISHED IN PRISON CAMPS
AND HAVE SINCE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE SUFFERING INFLICTED
1941-45
WE WILL NEVER FORGET

HONG KONG VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
Français : L'inscription en français:

CES DEUX ERABLES ONT ETE PLANTES LE 5 DECEMBRE 1991
EN MEMOIRE DE NOS CAMARADES CANADIENS
QUI ONT PAYE LE SACRIFICE SUPREME
QUI ONT PERIS DANS LES CAMPS PRISONNIERS ET
QUI SONT DECEDES DEPUIS A LA SUITE DES SOUFFRANCES INFLIGEES
1941-45
NOUS NE LES OUBLIERONS JAMAIS

L'ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS DE HONG KONG
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