Music, The Arts and Media
Mr Russell Alfred Ernest Watson (Stradbroke 1924-1929)
He was a member of Reuters before the war and joined the South China Sunday Post in Hong Kong in 1945 and was editor for 17 years until 1967. He lost his job when he allegedly failed to exercise proper discretion in printing a headline during the 1967 confrontation. He served with the Hong Kong volunteers during WW2 and was shot and captured by the Japanese and served 3 months as POW in Hong Kong, before being shipped to Japan where he was a POW for 3 years. He died in Christmas 1974.
