Duncan Tollan came to Hong Kong from Edinburgh with his wife, Rosina Wilson Cray Tollan and children in 1905. He arrived as the chief engineer of the China and Japan Telephone and Electric Co.. In 1925, the company was acquired by the Hong Kong Telephone Co. He remained with the Hong Kong Telephone Co. until his retirement in 1947.
The Tollans had the following children:
1. Elizabeth Whittaker b. 1901,
2. Anne Mackenzie b. 1903,
3. Rose b. 1905, d. 1919,
4. Duncan Leonard Gibson b. and d. 1907,
5. Lorna Margaret Printz b. 1911 and
6. Dorothy Christina b. 1916
After Rosina (Rose) Tollan had passed away in 1936, Duncan Tollan remarried in 1938. His new wife was Elsie Annie Tollan (nee Smith)
During the Battle of Hong Kong, Duncan Tollan served with HKVDC. He was a Sergeant in the Fortress Signal Company.
| Tollan Duncan | HKVDC | Sergeant | 4398 | 13 |
Both Duncan Tollan and his wife, Elsie survived their internment.
Source
1. Carl Smith Cards at Government Records Service. See here