Frank Leader BROWN [1888-1968] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Frank Leader BROWN [1888-1968]

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Submitted by David on Wed, 2016-04-20 14:24
Names
Given: 
Frank Leader
Family: 
Brown
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1888-10-05
Birthplace (town, state): 
Harrow, London
Birthplace (country): 
England
Death
Date: 
1968-08-08

DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mr Brown's occupation in 1941 as "Engineer".

He's mentioned in the 1941 Juror's List:

c   Brown, Frank Leader (Capt.) Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. 17 Bowen Road.
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
Connections: 
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Submitted by annpake on Thu, 2020-04-23 01:07.

Baptisms Record St Mary's Harrow 3 November 1888 Frank Leader Brown

UK Army List 1908 Frank Leader Brown 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers

1911 Census taken in Wellington Barracks Hong Kong Frank Leader Brown age 22 single Lieutenant Royal Engineers 

UK Army List 1917  Frank Leader Brown Captain Royal Engineers date of birth 5 October 1888

Passenger List 1928  Hong Kong to England via Manila and Vancouver

Mother and son travelled together

Mary Gertrude Brown widow 62 born Worcester tourist en route to own home Little Court Goring.  Closest friend or relative from whence came H K Holmes 17 Bowen Road Hong Kong

Frank  Leader Brown  39  born Harrow civil engineer tourist en route to mother's home Little Court Goring.  Closest friend or relative from whence came H K Holmes 17 Bowen Road Hong 

Muriel W Holmes 45 born Scarborough en route to visit mother Mrs Bateman 44 Gorekirton Road London SW. Closest friend or relative from whence came H K Holmes husband 

[Harold Kennard Holmes died in 1942  in Essex UK and probate records name his widow as Ellen Florence Holmes]

Mrs Bateman ran a school in Hong Kong  She was the widow of Charles James Bateman

Did Muriel Winifred Holmes nee Bateman marry Frank Leader Brown in Stanley Internment Camp or elsewhere? 

Muriel Winifred Alice Sarah Bateman birth registered Scarborough 1882

Passenger List 1934 Hong Kong to Hawaii Frank Leader Brown age 46 born Harrow England

Passenger List 1935 Frank L Brown engineer Honolulu to New Zealand tourist

Passenger List 1946 Wellington New Zealand to Southampton

Frank L Brown engineer 57 c/o 122 Leadenhall Street London

Muriel Brown 63

UK Death Index Frank Leader Brown died 8 August 1968 in Sussex