The Hongkong Oxygen Company during WW2
HF: The Indhhk article linked below suggests some confusion about three companies that had similiar sounding names during WW2 and the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
They were:
a) Hongkong Oxygen
b) Hongkong Oxygen & Carbide
c) Far East Oxygen & Acetylene
Time to attempt to separate them. Here is The Hongkong Oxygen Company
Elizabeth Ride has sent this BAAG report. Apologies for the difficulty in reading parts of it.
Kweilin Weekly Intelligence Summary #66, 15.9.1944.
KWIZ #77 15.12.44
Kaiyo Factory Formosa Taiwan
#77 15.12.44
HF: I am assuming the following report is about The Hongkong Oxygen Company and not HK Oxygen & Acetylene until corrected.
KWIZ #78 22.12.15
Comment on KWIZ #78 22.12.15
Related Indhhk articles: HK Oxygen – HK Oxygen & Carbide – Far East Oxygen & Acetylene Companies WW2
Further information:
- For general information about the Elizabeth Ride collection, her father Sir Lindsay Ride, and the British Army Aid group during WW2 a very useful introduction is through http://gwulo.com/node/13968
- The BAAG papers are kept at the Hong Kong Heritage Project
- https://www.hongkongheritage.org/Pages/FindingAids/LibraryCollection/Elizabeth_M_Ride_Collection.aspx
The Index contains many articles using BAAG reports from WW2.