Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Frank Buckle was the chief instructor in engineering at the Government Trade School at Wood Road, Wanchai. He was also an Engineer/Lieutenant in the HKRNVR.
He arrived in Hong Kong in November 1936 after having served as chief engineer in the Marine Department in Nyasaland. In 1937, he resided at 11 Gap Road.
Frank Buckle married Majorie Dobson, nursing sister of the War Memorial Nursing Home at the Peak Church on 18 April 1941.
After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned as a Prisoner-of-War.
Source
- Wedding - Hong Kong Telegraph 19 April 1941. See here
- Government Trade School: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/me/-/media/department/me/content/about-me/our-history-pdf/me_1937-1947.pdf?rev=8b79ba985fb8401dbad3ae0c9a38cca4&hash=0DEBAA545BA6725BFBA5A3AD77401581