We have walked in this area many times and have only just discovered this old brickworks (circa 1900). For some reason this site isn't on the government heritage trail but is definitely worth a look. It is possible to access the log book without yanking on the container. Please return the container as you find it.
It’s of historic significance as it was here that Captain Penn and No. 1 Coy, HKVDC took up position at dawn on 19-12-1941 having earlier been overrun by the Japanese at Quarry or Sanatorium Gap. Penn refers to it as the Tytam Bungalow in the HKVDC War Diary, and explains that he chose it because a telephone was installed therein and it offered a good view to the north, the direction from which the Japanese were advancing.
Based here they provided infantry cover for the HKSAR artillery at the Gauge Basin Mobile Artillery Battery on top of the hill, the lower slope of which is seen on the left of the old photo. Later on the morning of the 19th both the HKSAR and HKVDC detachments withdrew towards Stanley to avoid being outflanked by the advancing Japanese.
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