Ellen Martha Doris FIELD (née FIELD, aka Ellen Lee; Ellen Banfalvi; wartime nickname: The Shadow) [1912-1977] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Ellen Martha Doris FIELD (née FIELD, aka Ellen Lee; Ellen Banfalvi; wartime nickname: The Shadow) [1912-1977]

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Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2011-11-24 01:07
Names
Given: 
Ellen Martha Doris
Family: 
Field
Maiden: 
Field
Alias / nickname: 
Ellen Lee; Ellen Banfalvi; wartime nickname: The Shadow
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1912-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Shanghai
Birthplace (country): 
China
Death
Date: 
c.1977-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

After the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941, Ellen Field, a British national, avoided internment by claiming to be Irish. Subsequently she worked with Medical Officer Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke and Japanese interpreter Kiyoshi Watanabe to provide humanitarian aid to the POWs in Shamshuipo Camp.

She also co-operated with Chinese operatives to facilitate escapes from Hong Kong to Free China.

Further information:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stanley_camp/message/1189

Books:

Twilight in Hong Kong, 1960, Ellen Field

Foorprints, Sir Selwyn-Selwyn Clarke, 1975

Small Man Of Nanataki, Liam Nolan, 1966

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