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John Henry MAYCOCK [1878-1954]

Submitted by jill on Fri, 07/14/2017 - 19:53

John and Yoshino Maycock had seven sons: Arthur, Ernie, Tommy, Willie, John,  Robert and Henry.  Before the war John and two of his sons, Willie and John worked for Hong Kong Electrics. 

John snr, John jnr and Willie were in the HKVDC and fought in the hills during the Battle for Hong Kong. They were captured and sent to Japan where they were badly beaten up in the POW camp. 

John snr was repatriated to England but had no news of his wife, Yoshino, who had gone back to Japan to be with her family. They were eventually reunited in England two years after the war ended.