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My Grandfather's Cholera Immunization Card from Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:14 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

This is my grandfather's cholera immunization card dated 2 August, 1944. I found this card among his belongings after he passed away in 2007. My grandfather spent the entire Japanese Occupation (and the entire war) living in Hong Kong.

Here is a translation of the text:

TOP:
第 480625 號
(No. 480625)

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BODY (from right to left):

コレラ予防注射証明書
Cholera Vaccination Certificate

氏名:盧兼腾
Name: Lo Kim Tang

年齢: 38
Age: 38

男 -女-
male -female-

現住所:四方街 2/2
Current Address: #2 Square Street, flat #2

19年 8月 2日
2 August, year 19 [of the Showa Era] (1944)

香港總督部衛生課長
Director of Health, Hong Kong Governor's Office

昭和 19年 8月 2日
2 August, year 19 of the Showa Era (1944)

History

Item list and details

Cholera immunization card

Person the story/items relate to

Lo Kim Tang

Person who shared the story/items

Ivan Yee-Gwan Lo

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Lo Kim Tang was my paternal grandfather

Type of submission

Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

Record ID

90992