The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Administrative papers, correspondence, ciphers, personal letters and official operational reports compiled by Colonel Ride as Commandant of the British Army Aid Group (BAAG) in Kewilin and later Kunming, China. BAAG operated as an element of MI9, setting up intelligence gathering networks in Hong Kong and southern China during 1942-1945. Also contains post-war correspondence with ex BAAG members.
Lindsay Ride served in the First World War in France where he was wounded twice. When the Second World War broke out he was Professor of Physiology at the University of Hong Kong and also commanded the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. After the fall of Hong Kong and his escape to China from Shamshuipo prison camp, he formed the British Army Aid Group (BAAG) with the approval of the British War Office. Soon after its formation BAAG became the chief source of military intelligence for the Allies in Southern China, helping to liberate 2000 people from Japanese captivity and smuggling medical drugs, food and messages of encouragement into Hong Kong.
Black and white photocopy of a report on the activities of a MI9/19 organisation operating in South China compiled by Colonel Ride, the commandant of British Army Aid Group in China. The British Army
Rectangular black felt badge backed with khaki cotton drill. Embroidered in the centre is a scarlet pimpernel with a yellow centre. The back carries four brass press studs for attachment to a uniform.
Rectangular black felt badge backed with khaki cotton drill. Embroidered in the centre is a scarlet pimpernel with a yellow centre. The back carries four brass press studs for attachment to a uniform.
The hilt has a copper kashira (pommel cap) which has a pressing with a mon (family crest) either of the Oda or Askura family. It has green cotton binding tape over the ray skin grip with menukis (hilt
Collection relating to the service of Arthur J Livingstone, Victorian Naval Contingent SS Salamis, during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Collection consists of a black and white photocopy of a diary c
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, reports, instructions, a map, reminiscences and newspaper cuttings relating to Mission 204 (Tulip Force) of the Australian cadre in China including copies from Aust