Ho Siong Tong

Ho Siong Tong

In Loving Memory 

of 

Pte Ho Siong Tong 

Died 12th June 1915

WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE

AGE 22 YEARS 

ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, NCOs

AND MEN OF THE S.V.I. CHINESE 

COMPANY 

Sister : Ho Sok Choo Neo (Mrs Tan Moeng Tho)

Extracted from One Hundred Years’ History of the Chinese In Singapore  By Song Ong Siang 

The Tenth Decade 

Military honours were accorded to Pte Ho Siong Tong (a son of the late Mr Ho Yang Moh) at his funeral on the 14th June. He was one of the Guards at Kallang Reservoir and was missed on the 11th June. His boots and cap were discovered on the edge of the Reservoir, and two days later the body was found floating. He was buried at Wayang Satu Chinese cemetery at the expense of his sister, Mrs Tan Moeng Tho, and his fellow Volunteers raised a tombstone over his grave.

 

Ho Siong Tong memorial grave at Kranji War Cemetery 

226 PRIVATE HO SIONG TONG 

SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

12TH JUNE 1915

BURIED AT THE TIME IN SINGAPORE (WAYANG SATU) CHINESE CEMETERY

BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST

THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT

Ho Siong Tong 's father was Ho Yiang Moh, who for many years was a shroff of the Chartered Bank. Ho Yiang Moh was also a councillor for the Celestial Reasoning Assocation