Everything tagged: POW

• Forrow joined the Volunteer Air Arm as a cadet pilot and trained to fly torpedo-bombers and amphibians. These aircraft were destroyed by the Japanese when they invaded Hong Kong on December 8, 1941. Later, he was assigned to a Volunteer rescue unit and continued to rescue civilians before being captured. He was eventually imprisoned in Sham Shui Po POW camp, where his mother was also interned in Stanley.
• He helped the Hong Kong Football Club survive after WWII. His leadership rebuilt the club, which remains a thriving institution today.

• Around 230 Portuguese survivors were imprisoned in Hong Kong's Sham Shui Po Camp. Despite harsh conditions, the men entertained themselves with shows. Sonny Castro was known for his imitations of actresses like Carmen Miranda. He kept up the men's spirits by performing in many shows. One Canadian officer remembered Sonny as a "wow" of a girl and noted that the shows were wonderful for the morale of the whole camp.
• If you want to learn about him, you can find more information on the following websites :

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):