Everything tagged: POW

Jack, Lawrence – Sergeant No. 1834
HKVDC, died 22 August 1942 of diphtheria, buried Stanley Military Cemetery 1.A.98.  Born 29 July 1900, Hong Kong, son of William Charles Jack & Jane McWilliam Paterson, younger brother of James Mackenzie, husband of Daisy Mae Spalding (1885-1981), married 29 May 1929, Hong Kong. Merchant, William Jack & Co.

He appears in the Jurors Lists [1] for 1939 and 1940, working as a Turner for S. Moutrie & Co., Ld. In 1939 he was living at 16 Carnarvon Road in Kowloon, and the following year he had moved to 172 Nathan Road.

He was Bombardier 3111 in the HKVDC's Second Battery, and fought the Japanese in December 1941 [2][3][4].

He survived the fighting and was made a POW.

He died of pneumonia on 21 Feb 1943 [2].

Sources:

http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/indianunits.html lists Gilmore as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment.

It gives his date of death as 9 April 1942 in Bowen Road Hospital, and notes he had a 'Compound fracture skull'. This matches up with John Charter's diary entry for 21 Jul 1942 where he writes about a Charles Gilmour, who I believe is the same man:

Pre-war:

His liberation questionnaire says he was a Captain with the 2/14 Punjab regiment, captured on 25 Dec 1941. He spent the following years as a POW, first in Shamshuipo Camp, then Argyle Street, then back to Shamshuipo.

Roger Dyrck Lamble (1921–?)

Roger Dyrck Lamble (born 15 October 1921) served with the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 5 February 1940 until 22 June 1946, last holding the rank of Sub-Lieutenant.

Following the surrender of the colony on 25 December 1941, Lamble, then aged just 20, was taken prisoner for the duration of the Japanese occupation. His captivity included confinement at Argyll Street Camp in Kowloon and North Point Camp (POW Camp “N”), where many Royal Navy and HKRNVR personnel were concentrated.

Paul Evelyn Baskett was born in Wiltshire, England in January 1884. He began his travels in 1902 when he went to South Africa.

In 1906, he was with the Natal Carabineers as a 2/Lt., and took part in the suppression of the Zulu Rebellion. Later, he went to Johannesburg on a gold mining trip, and was transferred to the Witwater Rand Rifles with the rank of Captain.