Joan CRAWFORD (née DUCKWORTH) [1916-2014] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Joan CRAWFORD (née DUCKWORTH) [1916-2014]

Names
Given: 
Joan
Family: 
Crawford
Maiden: 
Duckworth
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1916-12-31
Birthplace (town, state): 
Wanchai
Birthplace (country): 
Death
Date: 
2014-01-03

Joan Crawford was the daughter of the superintendent of North Point Power Station. She was present at the siege of the station during the December 1941 hostilities and helped treat the wounded.

Sources:

http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367487

http://gwulo.com/node/13015

Note:

Her birth is given as 1918 on the Stanley Camp Roll but she's listed as 26 (presumably in 1942) in the Hong Kong War Diary records.

Death reported on Hong Kong War Diary:

http://www.hongkongwardiary.com

Connections: 

Comments

Joan CRAWFORD (née DUCKWORTH) was born 31 December 1916 in Spring Garden Lane, Wanchai. Bungalow accommodation for Hong Kong Electric senior employees. She died in Amersham, Buckinghamshire on 3 January 2014. She was my mother's second cousin. Her father died in 1963.