M J FLAHERTY [c.1898-1944] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

M J FLAHERTY [c.1898-1944]

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Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-04-09 15:37
Names
Given: 
M J
Family: 
Flaherty
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1898-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1944-06-22
Cause of death: 
Hodgkin's disease
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
police
Connections: 
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Submitted by Tideswell27 on Fri, 2018-06-22 07:58.

Sgt. M. J. Flaherty was a HK police officer who died whilst interned in Stanley Camp in 1944. George Wright-Nooth describes his funeral, (in somewhat disparaging terms it must be said), in detail in his book “Prisoner of the Turnipheads.”