I found Allen McKenzie mentioned in my Dad's journal dated Sept 3, 1936; "Our late sleep was broken by Allen McKenzie (Cheung Chau's bachelor) pounding at the door, shouting insanely asking if anybody were home. He had flowers for the celebration of our wedding anniversary. Remembered it from last year, Sept. 2nd, when were together at Arthur Hay’s birthday and Grace and I let the news out. Later in the morning Allan returned to say he had a cup of boiled ginger for us.” It sounds like Allen was a compassioned man.
Came across Mackenzie's name in Chaloner Grenville Alabaster's book "More than 1001 Days and Nights of Hong Kong Internment".
Professor Brownell of Lingnan University "told me that Alan Mackenzie of Cheung Chow (sic) had been driven from his cottage there when the Japanese landed in December and had taken refuge for a time with Chinese Christians on that Island, but had finally died of neglect in a cave on Lantau to which they had transported him. All other Europeans, (Mrs. Franklin, Miss Potter and Captain Lossius) had left Cheung Chow before the Japanese landing there."
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Allen McKenzie
I found Allen McKenzie mentioned in my Dad's journal dated Sept 3, 1936; "Our late sleep was broken by Allen McKenzie (Cheung Chau's bachelor) pounding at the door, shouting insanely asking if anybody were home. He had flowers for the celebration of our wedding anniversary. Remembered it from last year, Sept. 2nd, when were together at Arthur Hay’s birthday and Grace and I let the news out. Later in the morning Allan returned to say he had a cup of boiled ginger for us.” It sounds like Allen was a compassioned man.
Scott
re: Allen McKenzie
Thanks Scott, good to hear a different side to him.
Regards, David
Re: A H. Mackenzie
Came across Mackenzie's name in Chaloner Grenville Alabaster's book "More than 1001 Days and Nights of Hong Kong Internment".
Professor Brownell of Lingnan University "told me that Alan Mackenzie of Cheung Chow (sic) had been driven from his cottage there when the Japanese landed in December and had taken refuge for a time with Chinese Christians on that Island, but had finally died of neglect in a cave on Lantau to which they had transported him. All other Europeans, (Mrs. Franklin, Miss Potter and Captain Lossius) had left Cheung Chow before the Japanese landing there."
A different version at: https://gwulo.com/node/16175