Gwen DEW [1903-1993]
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Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-08 19:21
Sex:
Female
Status:
Deceased
Gwen Dew was an American journalist. In 1936 she began travelling the world, mainly Asia, and writing a popular weekly column about her advenures. She took many photos of the December 1941 hostilities almost all of which have been lost.
She was interned in Stanley after the surrender and repatriated in late June 1942.
In 1948 she married Captain James Buchanan who died five years later.
Source:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7099766
Note:
Her memoir Prisoner of the Japs (1943) is available free online:
