posted on 2024-06-05, 18:14authored byTheir 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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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.