Elizabeth Mary GIBBINS [1911-1992] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Elizabeth Mary GIBBINS [1911-1992]

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Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-04-19 17:43
Names
Given: 
Elizabeth Mary
Family: 
Gibbins
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1911-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1992-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Submitted by haiguan on Sun, 2016-05-22 17:21.

Elizabeth Mary Gibbins, 1911-1992. Headmistress of Diocesan Girls' School 1938-1946, and briefly again in 1972.

Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-05-23 13:21.

Thanks for the extra info, I've updated her details above.

Several diary entries from the Stanley Civilian Internment Camp describe her teaching there:

http://gwulo.com/node/11577/backlinks

Submitted by philk on Wed, 2019-12-18 22:06.

Here is Bob Tatz's article from the SCMP, it doesn't paint Miss Gibbins in a very good light.

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3041797/too-young-know-he-should-cry-wartime-orphan-hong