Lionel Ernest LAMMERT (aka Ernie) [1915-1941] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Lionel Ernest LAMMERT (aka Ernie) [1915-1941]

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Submitted by David on Tue, 2021-10-26 12:20
Names
Given: 
Lionel Ernest
Family: 
Lammert
Alias / nickname: 
Ernie
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1915-11-25
Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Death
Date: 
c.1941-12-18 (Day is approximate)
Tags: 
HKVDC
Connections: 
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Submitted by annpake on Tue, 2021-10-26 17:21.

Birth 25th November 1915 in Hong Kong (PUBLIC ANCESTRY TREE)

Son of Lionel Eugene Lammert (1880 - 1971) and Annie Florence Lammert nee Odell (1889 - 1971)

UK Registers of British Subjects 

2nd Lieutenant Lionel Ernest Lammert HKVDC killed in action between 10th and 25th December 1941

Burial Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2021-10-26 23:14.

I quote Wenzell Brown's description of Mr. Lammert's death at the start of this post on 'collaboration' during the occupation:

https://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/towards-a-theory-of-collabor...

 

I think Brown probably eked out what he knew by imagining some details, but he gets to the essence of Mr. Lammert's courageous decision.