30 Dec 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Vincent Morrison one of the failed police escapers, marries Marie Francoise Theresa Barton, formerly a stenographer, but in camp one of the people who'd nursed him after his release from prison weighing 80 pounds and suffering from malnutrition.
It was the first wedding Edith Hamson and her family had attended in camp:
For several weeks before the big day, many people made contributions from their personal rations so Marie could have a reception, and those who could manage it even produced a wedding gift, It was a beautiful wedding. The chapel was decorated with wild flowers collected by the children.
Death of Master Mariner Joseph Stuart (or Stewart) Anderson. Captain Anderson was born on September 20, 1894. Before entering Stanley, he was held in the Kowloon Y.M.C.A. and the Tai Koon Hotel.
Anderson J. S, gravestone.jpg, by brianwindsoredgar
Sources:
Wedding: Greg Leck, Captives of Empire, 2006, 616; Allana Corbin, Prisoners of the East, 2002, 241
Anderson: Imperial War Museum, Misc 932; http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html
Note: see comment after tomorrow's entry for misdating.
