Edward Philip STREATFIELD [????-????]

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Names
Given
Edward Philip
Family
Streatfield
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased

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:

2nd Lieutenant Henry Thomas Buxton - HKVDC No.2 (moved to No.4 later), by h9430500

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:

  1. Entry CO 1070/7/300 in the Nominal Index of Allied Internees
  2. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html 
  3. 20 Feb 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
  4. 23 Feb 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
  5. 17 Mar 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
  6. Harry Ching's wartime diary
  7. 13 Apr 1943, Harry Ching's wartime diary
  8. 13 Apr 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
  9. 30 Jun 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
  10. 09 Oct 1943, John Charter's wartime journal
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