Maude Elizabeth BASTO (née WHITE) [1895-1979] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Maude Elizabeth BASTO (née WHITE) [1895-1979]

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Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-03-23 21:16
Names
Given: 
Maude Elizabeth
Family: 
Basto
Maiden: 
White
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1895-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Death
Date: 
1979-06-04
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Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2020-09-04 21:04.

Maude Elizabeth White, born 1895, Hong Kong.

Married Luis Eduardo Fernandes Basto.

Source: Macanese Families

Two independent sources praise her for the way she conducted herself while in prison after her re-arrest by the Japanese on January 30th 1944. 

She was the only woman amongst 40 people who were tried on August 29th, 1944. Eighteen of these were Macanese, including her husband - one of Hong Kong's first chiropractors - and her brother-in-law, Charles Henry Basto, who was executed for espionage.

She died in New South Wales on June 4th 1979

Link to grave:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130556135/maude-elizabeth-basto