Ron FREER [1915- ] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Ron FREER [1915- ]

Names
Given: 
Ron
Family: 
Freer
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Living
Birth
Date: 
1915-10-21
Birthplace (town, state): 
Teignmouth, Devon
Birthplace (country): 

Fought in Hong Kong in 1941, then a POW for the remainder of the war. Malnutrition in the Japanese POW camp left him blind. 

Read more about Ron in this article in The Telegraph on 8 Nov 2018:

Former prisoner of war, 103, to be oldest veteran to march at the Cenotaph