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John Kane SLOAN (aka Sconnie) [1913-????]

Submitted by alanksloan on Fri, 2017-10-13 16:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sloan
Given: 
John Kane
Alias / nickname: 
Sconnie
Birth
Date: 
c.1913-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

Ian H F KERR [1923-2015]

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

Birthplace (country): 
Japan
Tags: 
POW

Stanley Robert KERR (aka Dickie) [????-1969]

Submitted by SUZE 40 on Wed, 2017-08-30 05:16
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Kerr
Given: 
Stanley Robert
Alias / nickname: 
Dickie
Birthplace (town, state): 
London
Death
Date: 
c.1969-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

Lived in Taipo. Japanese speaker. Described as Major Kerr in some accounts. HELD in Argyll Street Camp from 1942

Tags: 
POW

John Henry MAYCOCK [1878-1954]

Submitted by jill on Fri, 2017-07-14 19:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Maycock
Given: 
John Henry
Birth
Date: 
1878-06-09
Birthplace (town, state): 
Chapelizod, Dublin
Death
Date: 
1954-01-17
Other
Other reference: 
Yoshino Maycock, Thomas Maycock, William Maycock, Ernest Maycock, Robert Maycock, Arthur Maycock, John Maycock jnr., Henry Maycock

John and Yoshino Maycock had seven sons: Arthur, Ernie, Tommy, Willie, John,  Robert and Henry.  Before the war John and two of his sons, Willie and John worked for Hong Kong Electrics. 

John snr, John jnr and Willie were in the HKVDC and fought in the hills during the Battle for Hong Kong. They were captured and sent to Japan where they were badly beaten up in the POW camp. 

Tags: 
Battle for Hong Kong
POW
HKVDC
Hong Kong Electrics

Solomon BARD (aka Solly) [1916-2014]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-07-05 00:19
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bard
Given: 
Solomon
Alias / nickname: 
Solly
Birth
Date: 
c.1916-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Siberia
Death
Date: 
2014-11-08
Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

Robert Arthur James SIMPSON [1907-1986]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2017-06-30 13:03
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Simpson
Given: 
Robert Arthur James
Birth
Date: 
1907-06-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
Brentwood, Essex
Death
Date: 
c.1986-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

He's listed on page J129 of the 1939 Blue Book, working as a Sanitary Inspector, having first joined the Hong Kong civil service on 6th Feb, 1931.

There's a Robert Arthur Simpson listed as a Private in the HKVDC on Tony Banham's website. I assume he is the same man.

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

Leo LANDAU [????-????]

Submitted by Barbara Landau ... on Wed, 2017-06-28 16:29
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Landau
Given: 
Leo

During the War my father Leo was a volunteer , and captured and was in camp..he was in the kitchens so survived ....helped build the airport…

After the war, Leo went to China Building and found where Jimmy’s Kitchen had been..and then stumbled into some of his faithful staff (there were some extraordinary people there, brave Chinese..Sammy the manager etc) and they put together chairs etc they found around..and the restaurant came back to life..only with their help.

Tags: 
POW
HKVDC

Joe DENTON [????-????]

Submitted by Steve Denton on Tue, 2017-06-27 15:50
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Denton
Given: 
Joe
Tags: 
POW

Anatole Nicholas ZAVADSKY / TONOFF / TOWNLEY [1917-1974]

Submitted by lloydt on Sun, 2017-04-09 19:40
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Zavadsky / Tonoff / Townley
Given: 
Anatole Nicholas
Birth
Date: 
1917-07-08
Birthplace (town, state): 
Omsk, Siberia
Death
Date: 
1974-12-09
Cause of death: 
Cardiac arrest

Anatole was born with the family name Zavadsky, but his father, Nicholas Alexander Zavadsky (violinist and photographer), changed the family name to Tonoff after arriving in Harbin China in 1921. Within a year or two, Anatole's parents divorced. His mother, Nina Engelgardt (mezzo soprano) married Vladimir Trachtenberg (violinist), and they remained in Harbin and Shenyang until 1959. By about 1930, Anatole had arrived in Hong Kong with his father, and his father's mother Claudia Gruzin.

Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

National Arboretum, England. Far East POW Memorial

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Mon, 2017-03-20 02:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2017

The National Arboretum establshed in 2000 contains many interesting memorials and is well worth a visit if you are in the UK.

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