Chester BENNETT (aka The American Hero of Hong Kong) [1892-1943] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Chester BENNETT (aka The American Hero of Hong Kong) [1892-1943]

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Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2011-11-16 22:40
Names
Given: 
Chester
Family: 
Bennett
Alias / nickname: 
The American Hero of Hong Kong
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1892-02-12
Birthplace (town, state): 
San Francisco, California
Birthplace (country): 
United States
Death
Date: 
1943-10-29
Cause of death: 
Execution

Bennett was involved in the Hong Kong film industry, then became a restaurateur.

He was executed for his involvement in smuggling money into Stanley Camp and other HK resistance activities.

More information:

http://brianedgar.wordpress.com/

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Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2011-11-20 17:27.

Above is the general  blog link. The link to the actual article is:

 

http://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/chester-bennett-the-american-hero-of-hong-kong/

Submitted by emride on Mon, 2015-06-29 22:25.

Chester Bennet was executed by the Japanese on 29th October 1943.  Extract from KWIZ #19:  "After being released from Stanley, Chester-Bennet (an American) carried on a money exchange system with the Camp.  The internees used to send out sterling cheques and C-B exchanged them for yen obtained from the restaurant Jimmy's Ktichen.  C-B was later arrested probably in connection with this."

 

Submitted by emride on Thu, 2017-03-23 00:45.

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