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Author of the following biographies:
Thistle and Bamboo: The Life and Times of Sir James Stewart Lockhart (2010) Hong Kong University Press, 261pp
Scottish Mandarin: The Life and Times of Sir Reginald Johnston (2012) Hong Kong University Press, 294pp
His entry in the 1941 Jurors List:
| c | Milne, George | Assistant Secretary, Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ld. | Alandale, Pokfulam. |
He became the General Manager of Dairy Farm after the previous GM (my Grandpa J.D. Thomson) retired.
Entry in the 1940 Jurors List:
| c | Melrose, William | Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. of H.K., Ld. | Quarry Bay. |
George Gerrard's diary entry for 17 Apr 1943 notes that Mr Melrose was on leave when the Japanese invaded, and so avoided being interned:
Irene Braudé describes him as "Col. Simson, A.D.M.S., China Command".
Brigadier in the British Army in Hong Kong in 1941, when he was "Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master-General i/c Administration – (A.A. & Q.M.G.)"
He was a prisoner of war after the British surrender.
In 1943 the Japanese moved him from Hong Kong to Taiwan (source).
His entry in the 1942 list of Civilian internees:
| Morgan P C | 50 | Public Works Department |
Entry in the 1942 list of internees:
| Fraser J | 44 | Inspector of Works, Public Works Department |
Entry in the 1942 list of civilians:
| Paterson R S W | 45 | Public Works Department |
Thanks once again to annpake for the biographical details of the Young family. As mentioned in George Gerrard's diary of 10 April 1943, Bob Young received a letter from his wife to say that she had gone from Victoria to Toronto, having been stuck in Victoria for 18 months with her children and with two other Hong Kong wives, Mrs John Fleming (Kitty) and Mrs Harry Penn (Irene). All three had been hoping to join their husbands in Hong Kong in 1940 just before the evacuation took place. As usual, the letter had taken a long time to arrive.
Wife of John Fleming, Chief Accountant of Lowe, Bingham & Matthews. Their marriage took place in Hong Kong on 7 July 1927. Mrs. John Fleming is referred to in the diary entry of George Gerrard 10 April 1943 as being in Toronto, but I'm not sure that this is the same person. I had thought that Kitty Fleming and her children had stayed in Scotland during the war. John Fleming himself was interned in Stanley, having returned alone from home leave according to my recollection. The Flemings had three children, Elizabeth, Marion and Quentin.