Hong Kong battle honour effective dates

[Shec]

Just curious about an item in the Today In Military History sidebar:

HONG KONG, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 9 Mar 42)

Why to 9 Mar 42 if the colony surrendered on Dec. 25/41 and the survivors fought on to survive a POW camp until Aug/Sept//45? 

 

[Michael OLeary]

The dates for Hong Kong should read "8-25 Dec 41".

The outside dates for theatre operations in South East Asia are "8 Dec 41 – 9 Mar 42" for "SOUTH-EAST ASIA 1941-42".

http://regimentalrogue.com/battlehonours/secondworldwar-btlhnrslist.htm#SOUTH-EAST%20ASIA

 

[Shec]

Thanks, makes sense now.  So does 9 March relate to the Burma campaign as Singapore fell in February?

 

[Michael OLeary]

The list I have posted on my website identifies the actions involving Canadian units. It is an extract from a much larger Commonwealth battles list which would have to be consulted for a broader context.

 

[Shec]

9 Mar 42 must indeed be the date ending the Commonwealth's first campaign in the theatre as  as Malaya & Singapore had already fallen,  the retreat from Burma was more or less completed:

http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=59

and effective resistance in the Dutch East Indies campaign,  which involved Australian & Brit troops,  seems to have ended during that week:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_East_Indies_campaign

 

[Blackadder1916]

Though regiments.org is no longer an active site, the following archived pages are available.

Hong Kong battle honours
http://web.archive.org/web/20040812161746/http://www.regiments.org/wars/ww2/hongkong.htm#battles

South East Asia 1941-42 battle honours
http://web.archive.org/web/20040814035438/http://www.regiments.org/wars/ww2/asia-se.htm#battles