Entry Text: | BRIGGS, Christopher. Farewell Hong Kong (1941). vii, 147p., illus. Carlisle, W.A.: Hesperian, 2002. ISBN: 0859052915.
Briggs was a reserve officer based in Hong Kong who watched the fall of the Far East as First Officer of Scout. He quickly moved to a staff job in Bombay, while his family were in captivity. After the war they settled in Australia. A frank and moving account of the impact of the separation of war. |
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