Everything tagged: HKVDC

http://www.macaneselibrary.org has a copy of his memoir:

Experiences at Shamshuipo & Sendai Camps

Gordon Dewar was Captain Commanding No. 7 Company in the HK Volunteer Defence force. He had had  a long connection with Shanghai, from 1922 with first the Shanghai Dock and Eng. Co and then the Kiangnan Dock and Eng. Works, and then in Hong Kong with Taikoo Dockyard from 1937.

Robert was interned as a HK defence volunteer in Shamshuipo POW camp, and later was shipped off to Amoy, Shanghai, and Peking for forced labour. He assumed he had been headed for Japan when the war ended. 

In camp he worked in the kitchens as often as possible, so as to get the more nutritious scrapings and rice husks from the bottom of the pans.

He also became adept at catching flies in his fist to relieve the boredom, after studying their habits when disturbed. A good party trick in later years.

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

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.