Private Hong Kong Volunteers Defense Corps
Unit – 6ª Comp. HKVDC
Birth place – Hong Kong
Birth date – 02/ 06/ 1909
Death date – 14/09/1943
Father – Pedro Francisco da Cruz Prata
Mother – Maria José Gomes Prata
Manuel Gonzaga Prata (Photograph by Francis Leitão)
Prisoner card of Manuel Prata
Manuel Prata was volunteer soldier in the military force "Hong Kong Volunteers Defense Corps" in Hong Kong.
Born on the 2nd of June 1909 in Hong Kong, son of the portuguese Pedro Prata and Maria Prata.
After the japanese conquest of Hong Kong, Manuel died of torture during captivity, acused of espionage.
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