George Harold Thomas was born on 2 January, 1889 in Hong Kong, of unknown parents. He was adopted as a child but left to fend for himself after a few years. His early life was lonely and hard due to poverty and privation. He was educated at the Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong and the College of Medicine there, graduating MB BS in 1914. He joined the Government Service when he graduated, retiring after 37 years and rejoining for a further 22 years. <Read more ...>
My Father, a Ship's Engineer, was on the 'SS Sunning' out of Hong Kong, when she was pirated, also In 1926, after leaving Shanghai; sailing as 3rd Engineer. Much was written about this in the South China Morning Post, where a Ben Wylie, (his younger brothers future Father-in-Law) was (or was later to become) the General Manager of the South China Morning Post (referred to by Phil Cracknell in a Contributions on your Gwulo site) <Read more ...>
John Black's list gives Miss Woolley's occupation in 1941 as "Stenographer", and DoB as 1908. (He uses the initials "P A", but Philip Cracknell gives her full name as Phyllis Rainey.) Updated with DoB from Philip. <Read more ...>
