27 Oct 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2012-06-08 20:25
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Date(s) of events described:
Tue, 27 Oct 1942
Internee Captain George Andrew Burn, aged 65, formerly a Master Mariner with Harry Wicking and Co. Merchants and Agents, dies at the French Hospital.
The Times (London) carries an optimistic account of conditions in the Hong Kong camps based on the report of International Red Cross delegates Rudolf Zindel and Edward Egle - 'the general state of health of prisoners in Hong Kong is good'.
Sources:
Burn: Greg Leck, Captives of Empire, 2006, 619
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSob=n&GScid=2179361&GRid=15293606&CScntry=173&
Times: Oliver Lindsay and John Harris, The Battle for Hong Kong 1941-1945, 2005, 179
Note:
Nevertheless Burn is on the BAAG list In St. Paul's French Hospital in late 1942.
