Philip has just added an article about JJ Paterson to his blog. He notes that JJ was Managing Director of Jardine Matheson in the 1930s, and served in the HKVDC. He commanded the group defending the North Point power station. Click to read the full article.
Lance Bombardier HK VDF. Interned Sham Shui Po.
1911 Census Enniscorthy County Wexford Frederick Anselm REDMOND age 26 is a resident tutor in the DAVIS household. His future wife Eileen Beasley DAVIS age 18 is the daughter of the head of the household
3 November 1914 Frederick Anselm REDMOND age 29 initiated into the University Lodge of Freemasons Hong Kong. Occupation Lecturer on Surveying
20 June 1916 Frederick Anselm REDMOND arrived Victoria British Columbia Canada on "Empress of Japan" age 30 single university lecurer born India nationality British
Lived in Taipo 1941 to 1942 . Hong Kong Uni student. Son of Stanley and Vera Kerr. Japanese speaker
Lived in Taipo. Japanese speaker. Described as Major Kerr in some accounts. HELD in Argyll Street Camp from 1942
John and Yoshino Maycock had seven sons: Arthur, Ernie, Tommy, Willie, John, Robert and Henry. Before the war John and two of his sons, Willie and John worked for Hong Kong Electrics.
John snr, John jnr and Willie were in the HKVDC and fought in the hills during the Battle for Hong Kong. They were captured and sent to Japan where they were badly beaten up in the POW camp.
John snr was repatriated to England but had no news of his wife, Yoshino, who had gone back to Japan to be with her family. They were eventually reunited in England two years after the war ended.
He's listed on page J129 of the 1939 Blue Book, working as a Sanitary Inspector, having first joined the Hong Kong civil service on 6th Feb, 1931.
There's a Robert Arthur Simpson listed as a Private in the HKVDC on Tony Banham's website. I assume he is the same man.
