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The 1941 Jurors List shows him as:
| c | * | Lyon, David | Mercantile Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. | 303 The Peak. |
He fought in December 1941 with the Volunteers, and was killed on 25th December.
Mentioned in the list of casualties:
| HKVDC | Lyon D | Gunner | DR151 | 1941-12-25 | killed |
Born 1899 Kowloon, Hong Kong. Died September 1st 1942 from a heart attack. John worked for the British Government in HK as a land commissioner and Passport Officer working out of the old HK Post Office. Wife was Susie Nancy Kotwall. Six children: Phyllis, Hazel, Kenneth, Ronald, Archie, and Robin.
Born September 14th 1922 at the Government Civil Hospital, Hong Kong (St. Matilda's, Top of the Peak). Baptized October 21 1922 at St. Andrew's Church Kowloon. Phyllis was fluent in both English and Cantonese. She was a first year student in the Arts Faculty of Hong Kong University. She was interested in Biology, but also wanted to teach. She was pupil at, and taught at, Diocesan Girls School. She sailed to England on the P&O Strathmore in early 1946, listed as Lang on the ship's register. Married name was Rollins. Her mother was Susie Nancy Kotwall (1902-1988).
Anthony Manuel Braga, Private Secretary, Music Lover
Details from http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/royalartillery.html which say that Major Hunt commanded the 1st Mountain Battery, and East Group of the Royal Artillery.
In February 1945, Lieut Colonel Kanazawa Asao succeeded Col. Kennosuke Noma as Chief of the Kempeitai in Hong Kong.
Keiji Makimura's memories of the Japanese surrender :
(Japanese) (English)
He is listed in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) section of the Hong Kong War Diary website as "Haynes, Frank Henry W. Civilian Mst. Art. BRH K 27.10.43", with the note that he died of amoebic dysentery at the Bowen Road Hospital.
Probate England and Wales Calendar
03 Mar 1939 • Martha Kate More of Lauriston Hotel Bowen Road Hong Kong Probate John Owen Hughes and Kenneth Sinclair Morrison merchants
She appears in my personal family tree. She married Andrew Charles More 8 March 1889 St Johns Hong Kong and was the proprietress of the hotel.
She appears in the Ladies Directory from 1890 onwards.
She was born in Clevedon Somerset England in 1958
Annie Moore Burke was educated at the Canossian Convent in Hong Kong together with her younger sister, Clara. She married John Olson (2) from the convent aged 17 in 1906. They had four sons, Ernest, Hugh, William Oswald, and Charles. Latterly they lived at 13 Broadwood Road. Annie took their children to England in 1919 to continue their education there. The couple bought a house in Chiswick, London, but returned with their youngest son in 1921 to be present when the partnership of C.E. Warren & Co. Ltd. was broken up.