Born July 1900 in London. He completed his medical training in 1924 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1926, leaving to work in China soon after. He married Mary Ellison in Peking in 1927.
He was appointed to the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Hong Kong University in 1938.
He left Hong Kong for Perth in 1956.
Source: Clifford Matthews and Oswald Cheiung, Dispersal and Renewal, 1998, 444-445
Paul Ka-cheung Tsui said had he met Prof. King first before Lindsay Ride, he would have become a HKU staff instead of joining the nascent BAAG. He went to Kukong (Shaoguan) in March 1942, armed with his HKU War Time Degree certificate and wearing the HKU emblem on his blazer, looking for work. He said Gordon King was organising HKU in exile in Kukong at that time. Ride was organising the MI9 unit. Paul Tsui was engaged as a civilian Secretary of Ride's unit under the pseudo-name of Tsui On-shing; hence 'TOSKA' in the BAAG telegrams. It turned out to be the best of time for him during the worst of time...
I never met the professor, but he certainly did see/know me!! When I was born in the early 50s at the then French Hospital (then renamed St. Paul's Hospital) in Causeway Bay, he was one of three attending doctors because of complications arising from my mother's pregnancy. When I was young, I would hear his name regularly mentioned by elders in my family. Strange that now, 70 years onward, I would read about him and his wartime exploits. Thanks Gwulo for making it possible.
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I'm pretty sure he was never
I'm pretty sure he was never in Stanley. He began his escape from the Univresity on February 10, 1942.
http://gwulo.com/node/9989
Not in Stanley
Thanks Brian, good catch. I've corrected his record.
Regards, David
Born July 1900 in London. He
Born July 1900 in London. He completed his medical training in 1924 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1926, leaving to work in China soon after. He married Mary Ellison in Peking in 1927.
He was appointed to the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Hong Kong University in 1938.
He left Hong Kong for Perth in 1956.
Source: Clifford Matthews and Oswald Cheiung, Dispersal and Renewal, 1998, 444-445
For his escape from occupied Hong Kong see
http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/professor-gordon-king-escapes-from.html
I've added dates of birth &
I've added dates of birth & death from Philip's article.
Gordon King
Paul Ka-cheung Tsui said had he met Prof. King first before Lindsay Ride, he would have become a HKU staff instead of joining the nascent BAAG. He went to Kukong (Shaoguan) in March 1942, armed with his HKU War Time Degree certificate and wearing the HKU emblem on his blazer, looking for work. He said Gordon King was organising HKU in exile in Kukong at that time. Ride was organising the MI9 unit. Paul Tsui was engaged as a civilian Secretary of Ride's unit under the pseudo-name of Tsui On-shing; hence 'TOSKA' in the BAAG telegrams. It turned out to be the best of time for him during the worst of time...
Prof. Gordon King's Escape
Prof. Gordon King's escape can be read here Scroll to Page 2 of the China Mail dated 27 February 1946.
Professor Gordon King
I never met the professor, but he certainly did see/know me!! When I was born in the early 50s at the then French Hospital (then renamed St. Paul's Hospital) in Causeway Bay, he was one of three attending doctors because of complications arising from my mother's pregnancy. When I was young, I would hear his name regularly mentioned by elders in my family. Strange that now, 70 years onward, I would read about him and his wartime exploits. Thanks Gwulo for making it possible.