Everything tagged: HKVDC

My father, Charles McConnell Sloan was born in Hong Kong in 1914, the son of John Sloan, an employee of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery.

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:

I assume James Thomas Dupuy was Isabelle Dupuy's husband. He was serving with HKVDC as BSM of No 5 (AA) Battery and would have been based at Sai Wan Hill AA Fort although the battery personnel were divided into two sections - one on and one off. Each with about 40 personnel. The off section was based at West Bay AA Battery where there are still a number of extant and destroyed splinter proof accommodation shelters for West Bay AA Battery and Sai Wan AA Battery (off section).

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.