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Allen Marchant HKVDC M.N. Hong Kong
Allen Marchant M.N.
Allan Marchant HKVDC who had been employed by Jardine Matheson & Company in Hong Kong escaped in C-410 with Commander Montague R.N. and joined up with Admiral Chan Chak's MTB escape party at NanAo, deep behind enemy lines in China.
Photo from Buddy Hide's collection ©
Waichow 30th December 1940
In Kunming he re-joined Jardines along with Eddy Brazel, Holgar Christiansen, and Eric Cox-Walker.
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
The MTB Crest 