P.O. Box 272, Victoria, B.C.
February 9th, 19lali.
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I have the honour to eubmit the following report in accordance With a request received from Hr. D.k. KadDougall in kontreal on December ână, 1943.
At the outbreak of hostilities I was on patrol duty (Water Police) in Hong Kong harbour. Precisely at # àn December 6th, 1941, Japanese planes came over bombing, machine gunning various objectives, and simultaneously attacking our New Territory positions. All New Territory Police Stations were evacuated according to plan, Cheung Chau and Tai O being taken care or by water rollos.
Cruising Launches Kos. 1,2,3 and 4, were recalled from territorial waters to the harbour where duties consisted of maintaining patrols, directing shipping, and preventing mass exodus of Chinese from Kowloon to Home
Fifth Golum activity infiltrated everywhere in the Colony, . g. a checa of all fire buckets on Police stations proved them to contain petrol, Leter, during hostilities, air raid sirene would sound the "mli clear" when onway planes were approaching.
On Wednesday afternoon, December 10th, I was detailed to proceed to Cha Awo Ling anchorage, which is situated on the Zowloon siue opposite Lyeemoon Pass, to disable and tow out of the harbour a number of chinese motor junks anchored there.
Hundreds of small craft were endeavouring to cross over to the Island. In reverse to this procedure, I noticed one
I small sampan crossing from the Island to the Mainland, stopped the craft and searched the two Chinese passengers. The first was wearing a Regulation tin helmet, red arm band with gold crown, and carried a General service respirator, which was the standard equi ment for the many hundreds of On Chinese employed in asentiel Gervice in the Colony. bein questioned he stated he was going to dowloon to see his father-in-law. He was unable to produce an
identificɛtion pass, and ssid his father-in-law w88 10 possession of this, as well as being the owner of the tin helmet. His respirator bore the name and number of a xoyal scota Private later confirmed to have been killed on the Shatin Hiils; this, he claimsd, also belonged to his
father-in-iew. ün seareŭing his person, i found a detailed lan of the Lysemoon sarracks (Xovioon side) sketched on the beek of a cable á vireless form His fellow passengor proved to be the officers' Kces boy, Lyemoon barracks, llong Long. Heither was able to give a satisfactory explanation as to bis general activities, and, upon evidencs produced, they were shot the following day at Police Headquarters,
I mention the above quse in order give an indiastion as to the ueneral Fifth Columi activity, and to point out how in ossible it was to check each and every Chine80 80 equipped as to his roof of offics.
ky tour of duty onded at 6 p.m. on .sember 10th, end I proceeded to my home in Kowloon, having been detailed for
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