tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819222866577090277.post7132001970994084921..comments2024-03-12T03:54:39.452-07:00Comments on Semaphore to Satellite: Captain R.K. ChengJim Hueglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03617920105801420706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819222866577090277.post-26525821937542277912024-02-07T12:47:04.767-08:002024-02-07T12:47:04.767-08:00Many thanks
Many thanks<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819222866577090277.post-46930483428030745962024-02-05T15:53:41.619-08:002024-02-05T15:53:41.619-08:00Roger Cheng was recruited by Francis Woodley (Mike...Roger Cheng was recruited by Francis Woodley (Mike) Kendall into Force 136 for Operation Oblivion, a Special Operations Executive mission to insert a special operations team of Chinese Canadians into the Hong Kong region by submarine from Australia. The team underwent initial training at a temporary secret camp on Lake Okanagan north of Penticton, BC — today called Commando Bay.<br /><br />The Oblivion team underwent further training in Australia. However, when they were ready to be inserted into the Hong Kong area, their mission was cancelled because the Americans didn't want a British intelligence team in, what was at that time, their area of operations.<br /><br />Of the original Oblivion team, Roger Cheng, Roy Chan, Louey King, Norm Low, and James Shiu were reassigned to Z Force, Special Operations Australia for Operation Hippo. They were inserted by by RAAF Catalina into Sarawak on the Rajang River near Kapit on August 11, 1945.<br /><br />Further details about Roger Cheng and his activities with Force 136 and in Sarawak, can be found in Marjorie Wong's book, "The Dragon and the Maple Leaf: Chinese Canadians in World War II".<br /><br />Note that at the end of the war, there were not 25,000 British prisoners of war in Kuching. The population of the Batu Lintang camp in Kuching upon liberation was 2,024: 1,392 PoWs, 395 male civilian internees, 237 civilian women and children: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/5413370. These captives were a mix of nationalities, not all British.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819222866577090277.post-89043778696516963782014-10-29T22:43:32.469-07:002014-10-29T22:43:32.469-07:00do you have any contact address to the descendants...do you have any contact address to the descendants of Captain Cheng, so I can tell them what a big hero he was.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819222866577090277.post-17188084672811940062014-10-29T22:42:25.856-07:002014-10-29T22:42:25.856-07:00http://annkitsuet-chinchan.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/...http://annkitsuet-chinchan.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/captain-roger-cheng.html My grand dad and Dad were eye witness to the Allied forces led by a Canadian Chinese Captain know to the locals as Captain Fong. But by the description, I wonder if Captain Fong was an alias. He was a big hero to the people of Sarawak.<br /><br />I wrote a book with one chapter on the second world war.<br /><br />From China to Borneo to Beyond.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com