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Douglas Thomas SMITH [1915-1981]

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Submitted by David on Thu, 2019-05-02 15:42
Names
Given: 
Douglas Thomas
Family: 
Smith
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1915-12-01 (Day is approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Leytonstone, Essex
Birthplace (country): 
England
Death
Date: 
c.1981-06-30 (Day is approximate)

Mr Smith is mentioned on Tony Banham's list of members of the HKVDC:

  • Smith, Douglas Thomas Corporal V1982 (XD5)
Tags: 
POW
HKVDC
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Submitted by annpake on Wed, 2019-05-29 22:26.

 Born 40 December 1915 Leytonstone Essex (now part of greater London)  son of James Smith and Elizabeth Anne nee Hillburn Occcupation civil servant

Married Dorothy Helen Simpson (1913 - 1977) 11 November 1953 at Registry Office Hong Kong

UK Allied Prisoners of War Douglas Thomas Smith HKVDC Service Number 1982

Remarried  Nellie  Lawrence nee Smith 1979 in Tameside UK. The emigrated to Australia in 1981 and he  died  June 1981  in Tweed Heads New South Wales Australia two months after arriving there

 

Submitted by David on Mon, 2019-06-03 16:03.

Douglas Thomas Smith is listed on page J33 of "Civil Establishments" for 1939, as  a "Clerk, (S.C. & A.S.)", with the date of his first appointment given as 1st March, 1938.