Hugh Goldie was Lance-Sergeant 145 in the Hong Kong Police and at the time of the Japanese invasion was attached to Upper Levels police station and later to Aberdeen. In "Prisoner of the Turnip Heads" p128 George Wright-Nooth suggests that Goldie was attacked and killed by a large fish while swimming at Stanley soon after the Japanese surrender. This is incorrect as Goldie was repatriated and rejoined the HKP post-war.
Wright-Nooth was presumably confusing Goldie with Herbert Winkfield Jackson (L/Sgt 178) who was killed by a shark on the 23rd September 1945, an incident which was the subject of a report in the SCMP.
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Hugh Goldie
Hugh Goldie was Lance-Sergeant 145 in the Hong Kong Police and at the time of the Japanese invasion was attached to Upper Levels police station and later to Aberdeen. In "Prisoner of the Turnip Heads" p128 George Wright-Nooth suggests that Goldie was attacked and killed by a large fish while swimming at Stanley soon after the Japanese surrender. This is incorrect as Goldie was repatriated and rejoined the HKP post-war.
Wright-Nooth was presumably confusing Goldie with Herbert Winkfield Jackson (L/Sgt 178) who was killed by a shark on the 23rd September 1945, an incident which was the subject of a report in the SCMP.
Hugh Mackay S S Goldie 1912 - 1969
Scotlands People Birth Records
1912 Hugh Mackay S S Goldie Registration District Johnstone and Endersleigh Scotland
Passenger List Incoming November 1945
Hugh M S S Goldie age 33 police officer arrved in Southampton from Hong Kong with other ex-internees
Address in UK 39 Craigview Avenue Johnstone Scotland
British Columbia Death Records
Hugh McKay (sic) Goldie born about 1913 died 13 January 1969 in Haney British Columbia