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The Hong Kong and Kowloon Independent Brigade of the East River Column
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- Tsang Sang bids farewell to Donald W. Kerr
Commander Tsang Sang of the East River Column (centre) bids farewell to Lieutenant Donald W. Kerr (left) of the 14th US Army Air Force, who had been rescued by troops of the East River Column after being shot down by Japanese forces during a bombing mission over Hong Kong.
- British army presents pennant to villagers of Sai Kung
General Ritchie, the representative of the British army in Hong Kong, presents a pennant bearing the Chinese characters for 'Loyalty, Courage, Honesty and Love' to the villagers of Sai Kung on 12 April 1947 in honour of their contribution to the Allies' war effort during the Japanese occupation.
- Lindsay Ride with lecturers and students of The University of Hong Kong
Photograph of Professor Lindsay Ride (centre, front row) of The University of Hong Kong with lecturers and students of the medical school taken in 1941. Ride escaped from the prisoners of war camp in Sham Shui Po and fled to mainland China with the help of the East River Column in 1942. He founded the British Army Aid Group the following year to rescue British soldiers and civilians in mainland China and at the same time to conduct anti-Japanese intelligence work for the Allies.
- Anti-Japanese intelligence drawing of the British Army Aid Group
Anti-Japanese intelligence drawing of the British Army Aid Group, depicting the gun emplacement at the Japanese army stable and the Naval Ammunition Department of the Imperial Navy in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Colonel Ride donated all these drawings to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra after the war.