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Jess GRAHAM BARROW [c.1884-????]

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Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2015-09-09 15:30
Names
Given: 
Jess
Family: 
Graham Barrow
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1884-04-05 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

John Black's list gives DoB as 1886, and occupation in 1941 as "Secretary".

Philip Cracknell writes: "There was a Jess Graham-Barrow in Camp whose DoB is 5th April 1884 who was a Secretary at Arnhold & C. (listed under G) ".

Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Submitted by Lawrence Tsui on Thu, 2015-09-10 21:49.

In Paul Tsui's Memoirs, he mentioned serving as an Assistant to a Lt. John Barrow, in the British Military Administration of HK in 1945/46.  Barrow was District Officer / New Territories (later designated Commissoner for the NT).  Barrow had been an experienced Cadet Officer in pre-War HK and said to have been a PoW during the occupation.  Despite being junior in rank in the BMA, Barrow was senior in age and very experienced as an Administrative Officer. Tsui said he learnt a lot from Barrow.  Barrow was also described as being conversant with the conduct of idemtification process for the War Crime Tribunals in view of his experience as a Magistrate (Special?) pre-War.  Barrow became a senior HMOCS Cadet Officer upon demobilisation in Dec 1946. Perhaps there is a relation to this J. Graham Barrow.

Submitted by David on Mon, 2015-09-14 11:57.

I've just updated this lady's surname. I'd previously just had it as 'Barrow', as on page two of the Stanley Nominal Roll she is listed as:

Barrow, Mrs.J.Graham. 56

But Macnider's diary mentions her as:

Mrs Graham Barrow

And the list of people embarking on the Empress of Australia also shows 'Mrs Graham Barrow'. Other entries on that list do not show given names, so I believe her surname was 'Graham Barrow'. I've updated the page above.

After the change of surname, I'd say it's unlikely she was related to Mr J Barrow.

Regards, David

Submitted by Philip on Mon, 2015-09-14 18:17.

There was a Jess Graham-Barrow in Camp whose DoB is 5th April 1884 who was a Secretary at Arnhold & C. (listed under G) There was also Mrs Katherine Eleanor Barrow DoB 18th March 1912 a Nursing sister whose husband was Lt John Barrow and who had a child in March 1942 Oriana Elizabeth who died aged 4 months in July 1942.

Best regards,  Philip Cracknell

Submitted by David on Tue, 2015-09-15 14:08.

Thanks Philip, that's much clearer.

We've got a page for Mrs KE Barrow at: http://gwulo.com/node/10365

Regards, David