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William Garland LONG [1912-1981]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2022-05-16 13:48
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Long
Given: 
William Garland
Birth
Date: 
1912-07-13
Death
Date: 
1981-05-30

Notes from eurasian_david:

Florence Margaret Fowler (with wedding photo), youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs G. Fowler of Hong Kong, married Mr William Garland Long at St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong 20th March 1941

Tags: 
POW
HKVDC

Robert MORRISON [1884-1983]

Submitted by colmans on Mon, 2022-05-02 20:33
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Morrison
Given: 
Robert
Birth
Date: 
1884-08-14
Birthplace (town, state): 
Glasgow
Death
Date: 
c.1983-04-01 (Day is approximate)
Cause of death: 
Natural Causes

Interned at Sham Shui Po camp during WW2, Corporal in the No 2 Company (Scottish) HKVDC.

Boilermaker by trade, Foreman at HK & Whampoa Shipyard. Lived at 4 Inverness Terrace, Hong Kong Dockyard

Wife - Margaret Malcolm (nee Haugh)

Daughter - Elsy Sharp

Emigrated to Hong Kong on 14 Sept 1928, moved back to the UK in the 1960s.

Paternal great grandfather of author

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

Thomas Drummond HUNTER [1918-2002]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2022-04-29 11:19
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hunter
Given: 
Thomas Drummond
Birth
Date: 
1918-12-22
Birthplace (town, state): 
Cumnock
Death
Date: 
2002-04-13

T Drummond Hunter OBE (he doesn't seem to have used the full name 'Thomas').

Details from his obituary in The Herald.

The IWM has a recording of an interview with him.

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Tags: 
Royal Scots
POW

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Submitted by eurasian_david on Fri, 2022-03-04 23:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

William Derrick ORCHARD [1922-1998]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2022-02-28 15:52
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Orchard
Given: 
William Derrick
Birth
Date: 
1922-06-18
Death
Date: 
1998-06-01

Notes moved here from the page for his second wife, Wendy:

Submitted by clithering on Sun, 2022-02-20 00:08.

Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Tags: 
POW
HKVDC

Alan Frank WALKDEN (aka Podge) [1910-1943]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2022-01-26 12:00
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Walkden
Given: 
Alan Frank
Alias / nickname: 
Podge
Birth
Date: 
1910-06-21
Birthplace (town, state): 
Stoke Newington, Middlesex
Death
Date: 
1943-02-23
Cause of death: 
Acute Pneumonia

Mark Wavell, Joan Walkden's cousin, writes:

Her husband Frank was on the Lisbon Maru and survived initially but died of pneumonia in camp at Kobe, he is buried in the war graves cemetery in Yokohama.

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
POW
Lisbon Maru

Barry O'Meara DEANE [1911-1998]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2022-01-25 12:37
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Deane
Given: 
Barry O'Meara
Birth
Date: 
1911-10-12
Birthplace (town, state): 
Cochin, Kerala
Death
Date: 
1998-06-16

Entry in the 1941 Jurors List:

c   Deane, Barry O'Meara Assistant, Mercantile Bank of India, Ld. Courtland Hotel, Kennedy Road,

 

Entry in the 1942 list of POWs:

Deane B O'M HKVDC Gunner 3310 10
Birthplace (country): 
India
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

Horace Wilfred BROWNE (aka Bunny) [1917-2020]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2022-01-21 12:00
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Browne
Given: 
Horace Wilfred
Alias / nickname: 
Bunny
Birth
Date: 
1917-11-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
London
Death
Date: 
2020-12-02
Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
POW

Arthur John DEWAR [1907-1967]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2021-12-24 14:30
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Dewar
Given: 
Arthur John
Birth
Date: 
1907-08-03
Death
Date: 
1967-01-31

He's mentioned in the Hong Kong Volunteer & Ex-PoW Association of NSW's Occasional Paper No 8 Australians in Hong Kong in the Pacific War:

Tags: 
RASC
POW

Michael George CARRUTHERS [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2021-12-11 12:46
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Carruthers
Given: 
Michael George

Entry in the 1942 list of POWs:

Carruthers M G HKVDC 2nd Lieut.
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

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