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Mary MONRO [1963- ]

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Submitted by Smartyhands on Sat, 2021-12-11 19:44
Names
Given: 
Mary
Family: 
Monro
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Living
Birth
Date: 
1963-06-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
Shrewsbury
Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Other
Other reference: 
Stranger In My Heart

Mary Monro is author of Stranger In My Heart (Unbound, 2018), which gives the eye witness account of her father, John Monro MC RA, who fought at the Battle of Hong Kong, was interned by the Japanese at Sham Shui Po and escaped 1200 miles across China to reach Chongqing. There he was made Assistant Military Attaché and spent the next 18 months supporting and trying to liberate the POWs he'd left behind. Mary retraced her fafther's escape route across China and the book also includes her journey of discovery.

Tags: 
Battle of Hong Kong
Sham Shui Po Camp
Books
Battle for Hong Kong
escape
escaped from camp
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Submitted by eurasian_david on Sun, 2021-12-12 19:39.

Captain Ivan Bernard Trevor was a fellow escapee of John Monro and was also mentioned in Stranger In My Heart. 

Submitted by Smartyhands on Sun, 2021-12-12 19:40.

Thanks! That's the first time I have seen his name in full, in spite of searching many times. I know he worked for a long time for the Kowloon-Canton Railway and there was an engine named after him. Otherwise all I know is from John Whitehead's account of him. I believe he was a great sinophile and fluent speaker of Cantonese.