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His entry in the 1942 list of POWs:

• Royal Navy Paymaster Commander in Hong Kong prior to the Japanese occupation.
• In 1941, he was a member of the Hong Kong Food and Firewood Control Board (糧食柴薪統制委員會) . 
• Became a prisoner of war and was interned in Hong Kong Argyle St. Camp - POW Camp 'N' (1941 - 1945)
• The first reunion dinner of Argyle Street prisoners of war was held on August, 1948, attended by about 75 ex-POWs, with Major-General Maltby presiding. Commander Blair Hickman was one of the attendees.
   

Notes from annpake:

Leon Weill  born 15 January 1906 Hong Kong and died 27 April 1944 Shamshuipo POW Camp Husband of Vera father of Gerald and Bernard (Grave Stone Happy Valley Kong Kong) (Commonwealth War Graves shows death as 27 April 1945)

His entry in the 1942 list of POWs:

Captain Stanley Martin Banfill was a doctor in The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps.

Further information:

• HKVCA individual report
• Obituary
• Photo: Captain Stanley M. Banfill Returns Home from the Far East, Montreal, Quebec, 13 October 1945.

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 POWs:

His entry in the 1942 list of POWs:

And his entry in the 1940 Jurors List:

Brief biography from https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/agents/people/12720:

Warrington Kenneth Corneck worked for Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd from 1937 to 1976. He was employed at Hong Kong, Korea, Shanghai and Taiwan, mainly with regard to the company's shipping activities.

1941 Jurors List (note different name order):

Flt Lt Baugh escaped from Sham Shui Po POW Camp with Major Munro and Captain Trevor on 1 Feb 1942, but was later killed in an airplane crash. This information comes from http://www.rafcommands.com/database/awards/details.php?qnum=43524&qname…

Marriage 7 January 1918 St Mary's Church Finchley

Bride Phyllis Edith Henderson age 22 Spinster

Groom Lanceray Arthur Newnham age 28 Bachelor Officer in the Army Son of Albert Tristram Herbert Newnham Colonel in the Army

Colonel Lanceray Arthur Newnham G.C., M.C.  born 3 August 1889 Simla Bengal India Died by execution 18 December 1943 Hong Kong