John William Macintyre BROWN (aka Jack) [1900-1974] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

John William Macintyre BROWN (aka Jack) [1900-1974]

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Submitted by David on Tue, 2014-08-26 16:47
Names
Given: 
John William Macintyre
Family: 
Brown
Alias / nickname: 
Jack
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1900-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1974-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Arnhem writes:

He was born in 1900 and arrived in Hong Kong during the first world war.

Jack Brown was appointed Revenue Officer in the dept of Imports and Exports in 1921 in the British Colonial Civil Service. Not sure where he lived. Left HK in 1949.

The 1939 Blue Book lists a John William Macintyre Brown as Senior Revenue Officer, and notes he'd been promoted on 1st Jan. See:

http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/b1939/51939018.pdf

Tony Banham's website has an entry for "Brown, John William Signalman 3866" on the "Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps" page that might be the same person:

http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/hkvdc.html

Tags: 
POW
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1922

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Submitted by David on Wed, 2014-08-27 11:53.

Jack's son in law sent this photo, and says that Jack owned several motorcycles:

1922 Motor bike and side car Hong Kong

That would fit with a post as a Signalman in the HKVDC, as the Signals group included motorcycle despatch riders.

I don't see him listed on the 1941 photo:

http://gwulo.com/node/18542

He may be in the 1939 photo:

http://gwulo.com/node/17124

Arnhem, please can you tell us any more about Jack's war years?

Regards, David

Submitted by Arnhem on Fri, 2015-06-19 10:55.

'Jack' was a prisioner of war at Shamshipo Camp. He left Hong Kong in 1949 and  died in Australia in 1974.