Mount Davis WW2 battery ruins, Hong Kong
Despite constant development and redevelopment in fast paced Hong Kong, World War 2 ruins still exist in areas like Mount Davis.
Despite constant development and redevelopment in fast paced Hong Kong, World War 2 ruins still exist in areas like Mount Davis.
Pinewood Battery is one of several World War 2 era ruins that can still be found on Hong Kong Island, with insights into the Japanese invasion of 1941.
The Wong Nei Chung Gap was a key defensive position in the Battle of Hong Kong and saw fierce fighting. Ruins of British positions can still be found today.
The short but fierce fighting during the Battle of Hong Kong cost many Allied soldiers their lives. Their sacrifice is commemorated in Sai Wan War Cemetery.
Isle of the Dead is a tiny abandoned island cemetery, home of 1600 unmarked convict graves from Tasmania’s famous Port Arthur convict colony.
This abandoned house, known as Edgecumbe, is one of several derelict structures on Penang Hill, and dates from the colonial era.