Person    | Male  Died 24/12/1941

D. Blackman

Countries: China/Hong Kong

War dead, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW2.

D. Blackman

Andrew Behan has researched this man:

Date of birth is not known. Blackman, who worked for the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company in Hong Kong, was a member of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and was attached to No.2 (Scottish) Company, 7 Platoon, and was at Pottinger Gap, Hong Kong, when he was killed in action on 24 December 1941. He was buried in Grave 5.E.11 at the Stanley Military Cemetery, Stanley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China.

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