Admiral Chan Chak CN / Flag Lt-Cdr Henry Hsu CN / Cmdr Montague RN / Cmdr Gandy RN / Sq-Ldr Oxford / Maj Goring / Capt Guest / Capt Macmillan /
The 12 VIP Survivors of HMS Cornflower's Launch who swam to Aberdeen Island
Back Row: Supt Bill Robinson, W. O. William M Wright, Capt Peter MacMillan R.A. Capt Reginold [Freddie] Guest Mdsx, Coxswain Leung Chuen, Ted Ross B.M.I.
David MacDougall B.M.I. , Admiral Chan Chak, Major Arthur Goring, Squadron Leader Max Oxford
Merchant Marine Holgar Christianson, Lt Cdr Henry Heng Hsu
The escape party left Aberdeen in HMS Cornflower's launch down Aberdeen South channel where they were shot up by the Japanese from Pill Box 12 and Brick Hill. Colonel Yee Shiu Kee could not swim and stayed on the launch along with the badly wounded Captain Damsgard. Both survived after spending the night on a beach. Yee Shiu Kee escaped with the help of local fishermen to China. Damsgard who was shot through both legs was treated for his wounds in Hong Kong. Foster and D Harley [2nd Engineer SS Yatshing] were both shot and presumed dead.
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
