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John Prettejohn Pte 2681 Wounded 19 Dec 1941 at Wong Nei Chong Gap. Interned as POW at Shampshuipo, transported on Toyama Maru 1943 to Nagoya #2 Branch Camp (Narumi) working in locomotive factory. Repatriated to HK after war. DBS Senior Prefect 1934-35. Reporter for SCMP to 1973.
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John Percival Prettejohn
Full Name: John Percival Prettejohn
Father: Henry Edward Prettejohn
Mother: Hung Sheung Ying
Date of Birth: 14th April 1915
Birth town: Hong Kong
Nationality: British/Eurasian
Fate: Wounded 19th December 1941
Date of capture: 25th December 1941
Date of Liberation: 4th September 1945
Rank: Private
POW Camp: Shamshuipo
Other POW camps: Nagoya 2b
Camp Prisoner Number: 6322
Service Number: 2681
Duty Location: Hong Kong
Next of Kin: Mrs. W. Sinclair, 17 Waterloo Road, 1st Floor, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Service: British Army
Primary Unit: Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
Source: National Archive References WO392/25 and WO345/42. Information courtesy of Ron Bridges collection. The former internee died recently
John Prettejohn
Thanks for posting the details eurasian_david. I hadn't realised that these particulars were available in the National Archives. Presumably, they were details for each member of the HKVDC. Mike
Hi Mike
Hi Mike
They come in little cards. If you would like I can email the images of your father's details to you.
David
Hi David,
Hi David,
Yes, I would appreciate it. Many thanks,
Mike
Death: John Percival
Death: John Percival Prettejohn, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada 18th April 1988 Age 73
Mike, I have forwarded the images of your Dad's POW records to David Bellis, admin for gwulo.com who will forward them on to you.
POW records
Thank you kindly,
Best Regards,
Mike
Looking for Michael Prettejohn
Dear Mike,
I'm wondering if you are the Michael Prettejohn I know from Clearwater Bay, Kowloon. Your mother's name was Joan.
Our mothers had us around the same time and we grew up together; went to St Jude's together for a few years. I left for Australia in 1963 and we corresponded briefly.
Would appreciate a reply either way.
Regards,
Michael
Greetings!
Greetings!
Yes, you've got the right person -from your post, I'm guessing you must be Michael Chow! I remember you quite well and still have photos of times when our families got together. Wow, its been a long time! Glad we connected, wonders of the internet. Hope you and family are well.
Best Regards,
Mike
Glad to have found you
Dear Mike,
This is fantastic - glad to have found you after all these years! I've emailed David from Gwulo to pass on my email to you so hope it happens and we can continue to correspond. There's a lot of water under the bridge and a lot to catch up on.
All the best to you and yours and hope this finds you in good health.
Your old friend,
Michael