Ernest Hillas WILLIAMS [1899-1965]
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Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 2015-11-30 23:02
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Male
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Deceased
Ernest Hillas Williams was from a Church of Ireland family from Cork (Eire). He entered the Colonial Civil Service as an administrator, eventually becoming Puisne Judge and then Assistant Attorney General.
He was a sergeant in the HKVDC, imprisoned first in Shamshuipo and then Innoshima Camp (Japan).
After the war he became Chief Justice of the British Borneo Territories.
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E. H. Williams
Sir Ernest Hillas Williams was born on 16th August 1899 (Happy Birthday!) and died on 5th February 1965.