b.1892, Ballineen, Cork, Ireland. MBChB; BAO, National University of Ireland; FACS; DPH (Belf.). Military doctor. RNMS, Temporary Surgeon December 31, 1915; Hastar Hospital, January 1916. RAMC, Temporary Lieutenant December 4, 1916; Temporary Captain December 4, 1917; The Great War 1917-18; Major 1918. Hong Kong 1924-42, government doctor. England 1943-45, Malayan Planning Unit 1943 [1]. Hong Kong Planning Unit 1944 [2]. Hong Kong 1945-51, government doctor. Retired to Ballineen, Cork, Ireland 1951, address: The Arcade, Ballineen. Honor: King's Silver Jubilee Medal 1935; OBE 1947 [3]; Justice of the Peace, Ballineen [n.d.].
HONG KONG September 4, 1924. Government doctor 1924-42, 1945-51. Medical Officer August 1, 1924. Acting Health Officer of the Port and Inspector of Emigrants (vice Bagenal Harvey Mellon, absence on leave) March 16, 1926 - [n.d.], and January 20, 1931 - [n.d.]. Port Health Officer and Inspector of Emigrants December 19, 1931-EOP. Senior Health Officer, Medical Department January 1, 1940. JP (official) 1927-EOP. Defense Reserve, Key Posts Group January 25, 1940. Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, interned with wife Lydia Fehily, Kowloon Hotel 1941-42, released because of his Irish nationality (and since Ireland had declared itself neutral). Escaped to Chungking (Chongqing) 重慶 November 1942, and arrived England 1943. Hong Kong 1945. Acting Director of Medical Services 1945-46. RAMC, Lieutenant-Colonel; Colonel June 24, 1946. Medical Degree Emergency Committee, HKU 1946. Urban Council Acting Chairman, August 1, 1946; Chairman December 3, 1947. Member (official), Legislative Council May 16 - July 25, 1946; August 1, 1946 - January 16, 1947; December 3, 1947 - January 3, 1951. President, St. Patrick's Society of Hong Kong 1947. Retired to Ireland 1951.
s/o Patrick Fehily and Margaret Dineen. Siblings: 1. Thomas Joseph Fehily, b.1885-d. April 13, 1918, bur. Ploegsheert Memorial, Belgium; LMRCPS, DPH; RAMC, Temporary Captain, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, killed in action in Merville, France. 2. Margaret Fehily, baptized, Enniskeane Parish, Cork and Ross July 6, 1876 (huge age difference between Margaret and Joseph Patrick).
m. Lydia Nicolaivna [possibly Nikolaevna] Pechterewa [possibly Pechtereva] February 9, 1934, St. Joseph's Church, Hong Kong.
[1][2]I'll write some more about the Malayan Planning Unit and its Hong Kong counterpart, soon.
[3] These were the exact words Mark Young 楊慕琦, Governor of Hong Kong, said to Fehily at the presentation of the medal at the Government House on April 5, 1947:
I have it in command from His Majesty the King to present to you the Insignia of an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
Your long and valuable services as Medical Officer and as Health Officer in this Colony together with the most useful work which you performed as a member of the Hong Kong Planning Unit in London have earned you this distinction on which I cordially congraduate you.
Selected bibliography: The British Medical Journal, January 12, 1946, p.61. The China Mail, April 6, 1947, p.2. The Great War Forum [internet]. Hong Kong Government, Medical Report for the Year 1924. The Hong Kong Government Gazette, March 19, 1926, #148; January 23, 1931, #43; 1932, July 29, 1932, #499; May 6, 1935, #362; July 21, 1936, #641; 1940, January 26, 1940, #105, April 26, 1940, #462; May 2, 1941, #521.
Irish Genealogy [internet]. The London Gazette, January 4, 1916, p.181; December 22, 1916, p.12482. RAMC in the Great War [internet]. Supplement to the London Gazette, February 4, 1918, p.1626; January 23, 1919, p.1179; September 14, 1945, p.4567; August 30, 1946, p.4355. Supplement to the British Medical Journal, January 15, 1916, p.11, Naval and Military Appointments.
[Proactive research ended October 20, 2013.]
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