Frank HILLON [1909-1994]

Frank Hillon was a Sergeant in the HKVDC. He enlisted in 1936.

He appears under "Unallocated" in No. 2 Scottish Company. His occupation in the 1939 Jurors List was a foreman in the Taikoo Sugar Refinery.

In 1939, he married Norah Knox in Shanghai. After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley.

Frank Hillon was interned at Argyle Street and Sham Shui Po Camps and later shipped to Narumi POW Camp, Nagoya, Japan in January 1943. He and his wife returned to England in 1946.

Source: 

1. POW Card: https://lq-cofepow.org/products/hillon-frank?_pos=1&_sid=2000b4f51&_ss=r
2. Hong Kong War Diary: http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/hkvdc.html
3. Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214903456/frank-hillon

4. The Oldie: https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/memory-lane-my-dad-the-japanese-pow-by-bernard-hillon-ormskirk