Light, Francis, 1740 - 1794
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Memorial to Captain Light, Penang, 1930 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/53
Scope and Contents
62 x 88 mm. Showing the statue of Captain Francis Light (1740-1794), founder of Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in 1786. Light died of malaria on the island and was buried in the old Protestant Cemetery in Northam Road, George Town. The bronze statue designed by Frederick J. Wilcoxson, was originally sited in Fort Cornwallis and was unveiled in 1939. It was removed during the Japanese occupation and re-erected in 1946 in front of the High Court in Light Street. The only known...
Dates:
1930 - 1939
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