He's mentioned in the 1941 Jurors List:
| c | Streatfield, Edward Philip | Banker, H. K. & Shanghai Bank | On premises, 11th floor. |
He 'Served in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Artillery' [1], and I believe is shown in this photo of the HKVDC's 2nd Battery, second from left in the front row:
However, as a senior banker he was required to continue in his civilian role during the fighting.
After the British surrender he was one of the bankers interned in the Sun Wah Hotel [2].
In February 1943, the Japanese caught Dr Harry Talbot smuggling money into Stanley Camp [3], and a few days later Streatfield and Sir Vandeleur Grayburn confessed to the Japanese authorities that they were the source of the money [4]. On 17 March Streatfield and Grayburn were arrested [5]. In mid-March they were moved into the Kempeitai's cells in the St Paul's School buildings in Happy Valley [6]. On 13 April they were moved to Stanley Prison [7,8]. On 30 June they were taken to court, together with Talbot, and all three were sentenced to a further three months in prison [9].
Vandeleur died during those three months, but Streatfield and Talbot survived, and on 1st October they were moved from Stanley Prison into the adjacent Stanley Internment Camp [10]. They spent the rest of the war there.
Sources:
- Entry CO 1070/7/300 in the Nominal Index of Allied Internees
- http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html
- 20 Feb 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 23 Feb 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 17 Mar 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- Harry Ching's wartime diary
- 13 Apr 1943, Harry Ching's wartime diary
- 13 Apr 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
- 30 Jun 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 09 Oct 1943, John Charter's wartime journal