I'm looking for photos / sketches / portraits of him for the CPS project's history book.
The RAS article HONG KONG CADETS, 1862-1941 gives a brief introduction:
Robert Andrew Dermod Forrest (born 1893). Educated at Aberdeen University. Hong Kong Civil Service 1919; Inspector of vernacular Schools; Immigration Officer 1940. Lecturer in Tibeto-Burman Linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University.
HKGRO has a long list of his different appointments, including:
- 1925, to act as a Police Magistrate: http://hkgro.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ec1dc168d131465bdd7be45cc9c09520.pdf
- 1937 to act as First Police Magistrate: http://hkgro.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/63c8a160b0e03752c6622d23adde6c79.pdf
- 1938, to be First Police Magistrate: http://hkgro.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/e03fdc05e1a7b974299dd01d9d22247c.pdf
He was "invalided out" of Government service in 1941, and sailed to Australia. (Page 10, The Hong Kong Telegraph, 1941-05-02)
I searched for forrest in
- the photo search at HKPRO: no photos of him
- HK Public Library photo collection: nothing
- HK Museum of History: nothing
He served in Legco, but they don't have any photo: http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=348
No relevant results for forrest hong kong in the UKNA.
I haven't found any matches in Family Trees.
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forrest
Robert Forrest ("Robin")
Born 21 February 1893 in London, England died circa 1977.
There is a portrait of him in ancestry :) https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=robert+andrew+dermod_forrest&name…
Robert Andrew Dermod Forrest 1893 - 1977
From Probate and Death Records born 2 February January 1893 Leytonstone Essex (now in Greater London) and died 1 January 1977 in Truro Cornwall.
UK Marriage Index married Lucia Almedina da Rocha Xavier 1974 in Falmouth Cornwall
Ancestry Tree married Georgina Robertson 27 June 1916 Kinross Scotland