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My wife's great uncle. Served HMS Tamar captured by Japanese invading forces 25 Dec 1941. Died on ss Lisbon Maru 02 Oct 1942

We would like to fill in the gap between capture and his death  eg - which camp was he held in, are there any documentary references to Thomas, mention in memoires etc

Wood was the son of an nonconformist minister, and his brothers were Herbert George Wood (theologian and academic) and Robert Stanford Wood (educator). He was educated at City of London School and later Jesus College, Cambridge. After graduated from university, he came to Hong Kong as a government cadet in 1899. He had hold a number of posts below:

1899: Cadet

1900: Registrar of the Land Court

1902: NT Police Magistrate

http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1902/467083.pdf

POW in Singapore. Subsequently sent to Kinkaseki POW Camp in Formosa (Taiwan). Worked tirelessly in defending the rights of Hong Kong war veterans.

Charles Messer was educated at Merchant Taylors’ school and later, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. He was appointed as a cadet in 1897. He was the captain superintendent of the police force from 1913 to 1918 and was promoted to the financial secretary from 1918 until 1931. 

He served in the LegCo: https://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.asp…

Andrew Salmon first came to Hong Kong in 1937 as a junior member (trumpeter) of the Royal Artillery. He fought the Japanese and was taken prisoner at Stanley in December 1941. He was in Shamshuipo camp and then was sent to Japan on the ill-fated ‘Lisbon Maru’. He survived the ship's sinking by an American submarine (USS Grouper) and was recued by Chinese fishermen from the Chusan Islands. He was subsequently recaptured, shipped to Japan and was in Osaka POW camp until the end of WWII. He was repatriated to the UK via USA/Canada.