Sydney Charles COLLINS [1914-1947] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Sydney Charles COLLINS [1914-1947]

Names
Given: 
Sydney Charles
Family: 
Collins
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1914-06-03
Death
Date: 
1947-01-01
Cause of death: 
Shot by bandits

I have just been recommended to your site by a distant relative who was researching the family history. It is an amazing resource. My father, Sydney Charles Collins is buried in Happy Valley. He was shot by bandits on Jan 1 1947 when going to the assistance of the driver of a rail-bus which was being held up and the passengers robbed. My mother and I (aged 4) were with him, as well as two friends, one of whom was injured. We were all returning from a picnic in the New Territories. He was a surveyor and had only been in Hong Kong a few months - my mother and I even less time. I have copies of the police reports of the incident and newspaper cuttings of the time but have never visited the grave as, a short time after he was killed my mother and I made our way to Rhodesia (in part by flying boat down the Nile) where her brother was living.

Comments

1947 newspaper report of the robbery and murder (click image for larger copy):

Murder of S C Collins

just for the record, my father (Sydeny Charles Collins) date of birth was June 3 1914

Thanks Rowena, I've updated the record above.

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Regards, David