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George William AVENELL [1880-1927]

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2020-11-17 01:17

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Avenell

Given:

George William

Birth

Date:

1880-03-09

Birthplace (town, state):

Farnham, Surrey

Death

Date:

1927-02-13

Cause of death:

Typhoid

I'm beginning to see some links between the mourners who were the group of friends and associates of my grandfather Charles Warren, in that, according to Carl Smith, George Avenell was the brother-in-law of F.P. Lenfesty, one of the other mourners mentioned in the obituary. That said, the attribution is to Mr and Mrs E.G. Avenell, so there may be a mistake, but I can't find an E.G. Avenell. George Avenell came to Hong Kong with the Sherwood Forresters in 1902 and thence to Shanghai. He returned to Hong Kong as Armourer Staff Sergeant to the Police and also joined the HK Volunteers. <Read more ...>

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Henry Anthony SOUZA [1921-1975]

Submitted by filmaccountant on Thu, 2020-08-13 01:17

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Souza

Given:

Henry Anthony

Birth

Date:

1921-07-12

Birthplace (town, state):

Hong Kong

Death

Date:

1975-05-08

Cause of death:

Heart attack

-My name is Michael Souza and Henry Souza was my father.

-He joined the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corp in 1938 and when war began, he was a member of the Field Ambulance Section of the Volunteers. He became a POW when Hong Kong surrendered.

-He spent his time as a POW in the Shumshuipo POW camp and in April 1944, he was shipped to Japan and was incarcerated in Sendai Camp #2. He laboured at the Iwaki Coal Mine in Yoshima until the end of the war. <Read more ...>