Everything tagged: Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps

• A New Zealand Chinese teacher, JL Youngsaye spent decades scouring Hong Kong, for wild orchids, and created a botanical garden in Kowloon City in the 1930s
• His garden was destroyed during World War II, but he continued to mentor enthusiasts until the 1980s and co-wrote field guide Hong Kong Orchids

Son of Alexander Wilson (Irishman born in 1860) a master shoe-maker and Elzabeth Wilson (nee Cook).  Became a civil engineer and worked in the Public Works Department in Hong Kong for some thirty years. 

Married at St John's Cathedral on 1913-11-19 to Hilda Wilson and had at last two sons, namely Farquhar and Ronald.