John McCallum BROOM [c.1882-1944] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

John McCallum BROOM [c.1882-1944]

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Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2014-09-05 15:25
Names
Given: 
John McCallum
Family: 
Broom
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1882-09-18 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1944-09-17

John Black's list gives Broom's occupation in 1941 as "Engineer".

Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
buried at Stanley Military Cemetery
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Submitted by Philip on Mon, 2015-11-23 22:05.

He was Second Officer serving on SS Mausang. He was billeted in Block 16 Room 3. He died aged sixty-one of beri-beri and malnutrition. His close personal friend on the medical report is given as Mrs Maud Lucas of Block 3 Room 2 who had been Manageress of the Hong Kong YMCA. His next of kin was his sister, Miss M. Broom living in Scotland. His possessions were handed to Mrs Lucas except for a set of dentures, which were handed over for future use by the Dental Clinic and a desk for use by the sanatorium. The medical notes indicate he was admitted to hospital suffering from dementia in June, discharged in July, readmitted in August with manic depression including persecution mania and then developed beri-beri.