ABSTRACT
He was commissioned into the RNR in 1940, and was given command of the Li Wo, a river steamer, which had been requisitioned as an auxiliary patrol vessel, armed with one old 4-inch gun and two machine guns. In February 1942, with the fall of Singapore imminent, she left Singapore for Batavia (Djakarta). She had only thirteen rounds of practice ammunition for her gun, and some machine-gun rounds, and her crew was a mixture, including survivors from the Prince of Wales and Repulse.
