Norman GUNNING [1914-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 12/21/2013 - 17:05
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Norman
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Gunning
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Deceased
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Norman Gunning came to Hong Kong in 1936 to become a policeman.

He was a sergeant when the Japanese attacked in December 1941.

He was interned in Stanley with his wife Nan and baby son Richard.

He took early retirement on health grounds in 1948 and returned to the UK. He eventually became an estate manager in Lincolnshire.

In 2005 he published Passage to Hong Kong, an account of his time in the police and during the war.

 

Source:

http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/805/eng/n17.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/stanley_camp/conversations/topics/1833

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