James MacKenzie JACK [1895-1944] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

James MacKenzie JACK [1895-1944]

Names
Given: 
James MacKenzie
Family: 
Jack
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1895-01-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hongkong?
Birthplace (country): 
Death
Date: 
1944-09-15
Cause of death: 
Beri beri and chronic peritonitis

James Mackenzie Jack inherited the engineering company W.C. Jack & Co. Ltd. from his father, William Jack, on his death in 1919. He was serving in Salonika with his brother at the time of his father's death. I don't know his brother's name, or if he returned safely to Hong Kong. When my uncle, Leslie Warren, had to wind up C.E. Warren & Co. in May, 1941, James Jack asked him to take over the Jacks branch in Penang while the then MD took six months leave. Jack became a POW and was in the fifth transportation to Japan, where he died in a POW camp on 15 September 1944. Tony Banham's list places him in the Artillery Corps HQ. He was probably an officer in the HKVDC, as he had already served in WW1. There may be more about him in Geoff Emerson's and Tony Banham's books.

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James Mackenzie Jack  29 January 1895 China - 1944 Japan

James Mckenzie Jack B.Sc (Swansea 1919 - 1924) 1924 BSc (Eng)) Messrs W C Jack Electrical Engineers 

POW records HKVDC Regmtl Sergeant Major father William C Jack mother Jeanne McWilliam (sic) died 15 September 1944 beri beri acute peritonitis

Parents William Charles Jack and Jane McWilliam Jack nee Paterson

Great to have these extra details. Thank you so much for taking the trouble to look them up. I hope to learn more about Jack's role in the Battle for Hong Kong with Tony Banham's help.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

James Mackenzie Jack Warrant Officer Class 1

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps

15 September 1944

Yokohama War Cemetery

https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/49433/yokohama-war-cemetery/

https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/49433/YOKOHAMA%20WAR%20CEMETERY