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George Allan Rodney WRIGHT-NOOTH [1917-2002]

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Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-04-22 21:51
Names
Given: 
George Allan Rodney
Family: 
Wright-Nooth
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1917-04-17
Birthplace (town, state): 
Nairobi
Birthplace (country): 
Kenya
Death
Date: 
c.2002-08-15 (Month, Day are approximate)
Tags: 
police
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Submitted by Sailinghome on Thu, 2012-12-13 16:24.

there's more info on George here on the Telegraph Obituary page:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1404415/George-Wright-Nooth.html

Submitted by David on Fri, 2012-12-14 12:08.

Thanks for the link, I've added in dates, etc. I wonder what happened to this: "After writing his account of his war years, Wright-Nooth worked on a series of anecdotes about his Hong Kong years".

Regards, David

Submitted by Sailinghome on Thu, 2012-12-27 17:00.

I'm presuming you know about this book.. http://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-Turnip-Heads-Imprisionment-Japanese/dp/0304352349

there's also some information here: http://www.cnac.org/emilscott/wrightnooth01.htm with an email address for his secretary here in Hong Kong later, which was still being used in 2011 according to my google search... maybe you could try it again...?

Nick.

Submitted by David on Sun, 2012-12-30 18:28.

Hi Nick,

Yes, I've got a copy of his book and it's a very good read.

I hadn't read the CNAC site page - it has some good information, thanks. I've just written to its webmaster to see if he knows anything about the anecdotes project.

Regards, David