Robert MORRISON [1884-1983]

Submitted by colmans on Mon, 05/02/2022 - 20:33
Names
Given
Robert
Family
Morrison
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
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Birthplace (town, state)
Glasgow
Birthplace (country)
Scotland
Died
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(Day is approximate.)
Cause of death
Natural Causes

Interned at Sham Shui Po camp during WW2, Corporal in the No 2 Company (Scottish) HKVDC.

Boilermaker by trade, Foreman at HK & Whampoa Shipyard. Lived at 4 Inverness Terrace, Hong Kong Dockyard

Wife - Margaret Malcolm (nee Haugh)

Daughter - Elsy Sharp

Emigrated to Hong Kong on 14 Sept 1928, moved back to the UK in the 1960s.

Paternal great grandfather of author

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How interesting, I never met the man but I heard lots of stories from his daughter (my grandmother)

My dad said he had a complex about food for the rest of his life - understandably - after having spent a lot of the war at Shamshuipo 

 

First Name: Robert

Surname: Morrison 

DOB: 14/08/1894

Birth Town: Glasgow

Nationality: British

Date of Capture: 25/12/1941

Date of Liberation: 05/09/1945

Rank: Corporal

POW Camp: Shamshuipo

Service Number: 4200

Duty Location: Hongkong

Next of Kin: Wife: Mrs R. Robinson, 52 Roscoe Street, Bondi, New South Wales

Service: British Army 

Primary Unit: Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps

Archive Reference: Ron Bridge's Collection and WO392/25

Campaign Medals: 1939-1945 Star and War Medal 1939-1945