Leah Constance HAWKETT (aka Connie) [1899-1957] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Leah Constance HAWKETT (aka Connie) [1899-1957]

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Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2012-02-01 23:32
Names
Given: 
Leah Constance
Family: 
Hawkett
Alias / nickname: 
Connie
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1899-07-09
Birthplace (country): 
Australia
Death
Date: 
1957-05-16
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Connections: 
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Submitted by Vanessaf on Fri, 2018-08-31 17:34.

I believe this is Leah Constance Hawkett

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54698681/leah-constance-hawkett

Submitted by David on Sun, 2018-09-02 16:02.

Thanks Vanessa, I've corrected the name and added the extra details.

Submitted by Vanessaf on Mon, 2018-09-03 23:26.

Thanks David! Connie Hawkett was the first wife of my maternal grandfather James Henry Hawkett. She passed away in HK in 1957. My grandfather then married my grandmother Lui Hawkett.

Submitted by David on Mon, 2018-09-03 21:57.

Connie Hawkett was a friend of Mabel Redwood, Barbara Anslow's mother. They were both Auxiliary Nurses at the temporary hospital in Happy Valley during the fighting in 1941. When the Japanese soldiers overran this area, they raped several of the younger nurses.

Connie is mentioned a few times in Barbara's diary, see https://gwulo.com/node/10105/backlinks

She is mentioned more often in Mabel's memoir, It Was Like This. The section of the memoir which talks about Mabel's experiences at the temporary hospital has also been reprinted in Barbara's recent book, Tin Hats and Rice.