Everything tagged: Hong Kong

Notes moved here from the page for his second wife, Wendy:

Submitted by clithering on Sun, 2022-02-20 00:08.

Source of dates: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204807516/andrew-john_manning-hazel…

Wife of accountant Edmundo Duarte da Roza (1886-1945) 

"Mrs E.D. Roza, of No. 10 Somerset Road, Kowloon Tong, driver of private car No. 893, was fined $8 by Mr. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, for driving the car at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour, namely 28 miles per hour, in Nathan Road at 9.10 a.m. on June 25."

Clerk in Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in pre-war Hong Kong and Private in No. 5 Coy (Portuguese) HKVDC and later Japanese POW in Sham Shui Po Camp, Hong Kong during WWII

"A fine of $5 was imposed on Mr. Remedios of No. 6 Humphreys Avenue by Mr. A.W.G.H. Grantham at the Kowloon Magistracy for allowing his dog to wander in Cameron Road at 11.30 a.m. on February 9 without a muzzle."

More detailed information on Frank Summers is given by annpake in the threads on his father Edwin Summers and his mother Celestina Summers. He was killed at Ypres, Belgium in WW1, fighting with the Australian army. He has a memorial in St Michael's Cemetery. His brothers were Alec and Charles Summers and his sister Eva Margaret Forbes.

Eva Forbes was the daughter of Edwin Henry and Celestina Summers and sister of Alec and Charles Summers. She married Robert Fraser Forbes and was probably evacuated to Australia with her three children, as the Australian Electoral Roll puts her as living in Queensland in 1943. Neither she nor her husband appear on subsequent Electoral Rolls. Their children were Monica, Jean and Robert Forbes, who remained in Queensland. Many thanks to annpake for this research.

[Update: I originally titled this page 'R. Clemo', based on the 1940 newspaper clipping with his photo. It has since been confirmed that the young man in the photo was Frederick James Duncan Clemo, so I've updated the details.]

Extracts from his obituary:

Celestina Summers was the wife of Edwin Henry Sparks Summers and mother of Charles, Alec and Frank Summers. Her daughter, Eva, became Mrs. R.F. Forbes. Celestina was "sponsor" at the baptisms of Leslie and Evelyn Warren, my uncle and aunt. Her father had worked as Assistant at the National Hotel after my great-grandfather John Olson retired.

Carl Smith notes that Celestina was 17 when she married Edwin Summers who was 27. Their wedding was on 24 November 1890 at the Roman Catholic Cathedral.

Mike Kendall was the head of Z Force in Hong Kong in WW2.

Lots more information about him at http://www.hongkongescape.org/Kendall.htm