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William ANDERSON (aka Bill) [1919-2021]

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Submitted by David on Wed, 2012-10-10 17:37
Names
Given: 
William
Family: 
Anderson
Alias / nickname: 
Bill
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1919-03-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hankow
Birthplace (country): 
China
Death
Date: 
2021-06-29

Born in Central China. Moved to HK late 1930s. Fought with the HKVDC in 1941. Imprisoned as POW then sent to Japan as forced-labour. Post-war joined NCR. Became manager of NCR Hong Kong, then Chairman of NCR Japan, and finally CEO of the whole company.

Read more at http://webspace.webring.com/people/cs/speeda/NCR605/page6.htm (thanks to Michael for the link) and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stanley_camp/message/2381

Tags: 
HKVDC
POW
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Submitted by fivestar on Thu, 2012-10-11 06:26.

I believe Bill Anderson is still alive. he is in his 90s.

Submitted by David on Thu, 2012-10-11 21:37.

My mistake - corrected now.

Regards, David

Submitted by fivestar on Fri, 2012-10-12 13:14.

A little more info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Anderson

Michael

Submitted by maguire21 on Wed, 2021-06-30 12:59.

William Anderson died on June 29th 2021 at his home in Palo Alto California at the age of 102 years and three months.  He is survived by his wife Janice and three children Stephanie, Irene and Hope. 

Submitted by jill on Sun, 2021-07-04 23:42.

Bill Anderson is mentioned by Philip Cracknell in his blog on the Battle for Hong Kong as having purchased Cash's bungalow from Jardines Group  in 1957 for his company, National Cash Registers (NCR)

 http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.com/2015/03/erinville-and-cashs-bungalow

This reference was given by David in the earlier thread on Cash's bungalow.

Submitted by Philip on Mon, 2021-07-19 07:23.

Hi Jill: The house they acquired was called Erinville when built for Albert and Delores Simmons as their retirement home. Albert and Delores were Benny Proulx's parents-in-law. Albert died in Sanley Camp in 1942. Cash's bungalow was near Erinville at the Tai Tam X-Roads.  Both these houses ended up on the battlefield. Cash's bungalow is now an overgrown ruin. The Andersons knew their home simply as Turtle Cove and not Erinville. Erinville has been replaced by five town houses above the the gazzetted  beach at Turtle Cove where PB (Pillbox) 30 was/is located.  Philip

 

Submitted by philk on Thu, 2021-07-22 23:39.

Sorry to hear of his death. What an amazing life he had, R.I.P.