William Stanley GEGG [1920-1996]
He's mentioned in "02. Prisoners Of War - Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Forces":
Gegg W S | HKVDC | Signalman | 3141 | 11 |
He's mentioned in "02. Prisoners Of War - Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Forces":
Gegg W S | HKVDC | Signalman | 3141 | 11 |
Note from Philip:
Eugene Max Joffe was in HKVDC serving with Hughes Group. He was an electrical engineer with CLP.
Note from Libby, Mr Joffe's daughter:
My father Gene Joffe died in London on 6/10/2000 aged 92.
He is listed in the 1941 Juror's list:
c | Joffe, Eugene | Assistant Engineer, China Light & Power Co., Ld. | Flat 4. Block 1, Staff Quarters, Hok Un. |
Mentioned in the list of POWs:
Dinnen A H | HKVDC | Sergeant | 1718 |
Major Cecil Boon of the Royal Army Service Corps, an army dancing champion before WWII, was named the Chief Administrator Officer by the occupying Japanese Imperial Army with the responsibility of the overall administration of the Sham Shui Po POW Camp. He was hated by the bulk of his fellow POWs who called him "Cissy" and "Queen of all stooges". They saw him as a mouthpiece for the Japanese military. Major Boon had his own network of cronies who informed him of the camp's gossips which he then relayed to his Japanese superiors.
John Prettejohn Pte 2681 Wounded 19 Dec 1941 at Wong Nei Chong Gap. Interned as POW at Shampshuipo, transported on Toyama Maru 1943 to Nagoya #2 Branch Camp (Narumi) working in locomotive factory. Repatriated to HK after war. DBS Senior Prefect 1934-35. Reporter for SCMP to 1973.
He is mentioned in the list of POWs (though with some mistakes in the name):
Longraine E D C | HKVDC | Private | DR247 | 11 |
And also in the 1941 Jurors List:
c | Loncraine, Desmond | Manager, D. Gestetner (Eastern), Ld. | 4 Garden Terrace. |
The name of Gilbert Harriman is remembered in my family as the trainer of my grandfather, Charles Warren’s racing ponies, known as the “Tile” ponies, during the years 1920-1923. When one of the Tile ponies won the Professional Cup at the Happy Valley Derby, a photographer was hired to commemorate the occasion, snapping Charles Warren and his daughter Evelyn together with Harriman and the magnificent trophy for posterity. The cup has sadly disappeared. After Charles Warren’s death in 1923 the Tile ponies were all sold and Harriman’s connection with our family ceased.
ON the anniversary of VJ Day I posted a brief article about my family who were interned in Shanghai. I have copied it below:
75 years ago today I expect my grandparents heard the incredible news of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans which brought about the end of their war. All my grandparents and their children were interned in Shanghai (in Chapei Camp) where there were 6 civilian camps.
-My name is Michael Souza and Henry Souza was my father.
-He joined the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corp in 1938 and when war began, he was a member of the Field Ambulance Section of the Volunteers. He became a POW when Hong Kong surrendered.
-He spent his time as a POW in the Shumshuipo POW camp and in April 1944, he was shipped to Japan and was incarcerated in Sendai Camp #2. He laboured at the Iwaki Coal Mine in Yoshima until the end of the war.
Chinese Wikipedia has a page for him - here's a link to the English translation.