Everything tagged: HKVDC

In December 1941 he was the Night Reception Clark at the Repulse Bay Hotel.

He's mentioned in the Jurors Lists for 1938-40 inclusive with that job.

Notes on the POW camps he was at in Japan from the Roll of Honour website:

Hiroshima 5B - Innoshima

(Earlier Yahata - Mukaijima Branch Camp then  Fukuoka 12B)

In December 1941 he was the sub-manager of the Repulse Bay Hotel.

Philip Cracknell writes:

His grave is in the Hong Kong Cemetery:

The Hong Kong War Diary site lists him as a member of the HKVDC:

Rosselet, Charles Simon Lance Corp. V3871 (XD5) 

I thought he might have been the husband of Mrs E B Barron, who was interned in Stanley Camp.

An article about him appeared on

Henry Ching writes:

Albert George Frith Prew entered the Diocesan Boys’ School in 1917; he served in the ASC Company of the Hong Kong Volunteers and was killed in action in December, 1941.

George Hall was an architect.

Tony Chan writes:

Hall & Hall were founded by George Albert Victor Hall (1897-1956, RIBA, Authorized Architect 1927-41) (Fig.32) and William Hall (Authorized Architect 1920-33) from 1928 to 1933. They were sons of a famous Eurasian, Sin Tak Fan. After the death of William, George partnered with Harry Way (Authorized Architect 1924->41, HKIA 1956) to form Way & Hall from 1934 to 1956.

Billy served in the HKVDC, then became a Prisoner of War after the surrender. He was shipped to Japan along with many other POWs, and died there in 1945.

This information, along with dates of birth & death, taken from page 26 of Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945: Life in the Japanese Civilian Camp at Stanley, by Geoffrey Charles Emerson.