31 Oct 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2012-10-12 16:00
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Date(s) of events described:
Sat, 31 Oct 1942
Birth of Rosemary Virginia Mitchell. She's the first baby to be conceived as well as born in Stanley Camp, and her parents were probably the first couple to marry there.
The death from TB of ship's officer Thomas Abedneger (or Abednego) Nicholas, aged 48. He was held at the Kowloon Hotel before being sent to Stanley.
Source:
Birth: China Mail, September 15, 1945, page 3
Death: Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 2011, 186; Philip Cracknell at http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/stanley-military-cemeter...
