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Ian H F KERR [1923-2015]

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Submitted by SUZE 40 on Wed, 2017-08-30 05:20
Names
Given: 
Ian H F
Family: 
Kerr
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1923-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Yokohama
Birthplace (country): 
Japan
Death
Date: 
c.2015-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Lived in Taipo 1941 to 1942 . Hong Kong Uni student. Son of Stanley and Vera Kerr. Japanese speaker

Tags: 
POW
Connections: 
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Submitted by David on Thu, 2017-08-31 08:31.

The mention that he was a student at HKU made me wonder if he's mentioned in the book about the university around the war years: Dispersal and Renewal: Hong Kong University During the War Years

There's more than a mention, as he wrote a short, 5-page chapter for the book. He says that after the surrender he spent "four years as a prisoner of war in Sham Shui Po", where "as I spoke Japanese I was made an interpreter".

That means a small correction to the text above: "Lived in Taipo 1941 to 1942". After leaving Tai Po in 1941, he wouldn't have seen it again til his release from camp in 1945.