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Eugene Max JOFFE (aka Gene) [1908-2000]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2021-01-28 17:55
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Joffe
Given: 
Eugene Max
Alias / nickname: 
Gene
Birth
Date: 
1908-07-05
Birthplace (town, state): 
Moscow
Death
Date: 
2000-10-06

Note from Philip:

Eugene Max Joffe was in HKVDC serving with Hughes Group. He was an electrical engineer with CLP.

Note from Libby, Mr Joffe's daughter:

My father Gene Joffe died in London on 6/10/2000 aged 92.

He is listed in the 1941 Juror's list:

Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
POW
HKVDC

Sergey Evan / Evans LAVROV [1902-1972]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-09-19 13:23
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Lavrov
Given: 
Sergey Evan / Evans
Birth
Date: 
1902-09-21
Birthplace (town, state): 
St Petersburg
Death
Date: 
1972-07-03

He is listed in the 1941 Jurors List:

c   Lavrov, Sergey Evans Engineer, Marsman Hong Kong China, Ld. 3 Belfran Road, 2nd floor, Kowloon.

He escaped from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong with Jan Marsman in early 1942. 

Birthplace (country): 
Russia

David Vladimirovich BRASILEVSKY [c.1887-1946]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2020-06-05 14:40
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Brasilevsky
Given: 
David Vladimirovich
Birth
Date: 
c.1887-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1946-03-03

He is buried in the Jewish Cemetery. The Jewish Historical Society have more information about him: https://jhshk.org/community/the-jewish-cemetery/burial-list/brasilevsky-david/

Birthplace (country): 
Russia

Elizabeth Anatole TAYLOR (née BORISOFF) [1918-1994]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2020-03-17 15:22
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Taylor
Given: 
Elizabeth Anatole
Maiden: 
Borisoff
Birth
Date: 
1918-09-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Siberia
Death
Date: 
c.1994-07-31 (Day is approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Victor ORLOFF [c.1912-1959]

Submitted by BM on Sat, 2019-06-08 22:21
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Orloff
Given: 
Victor
Birth
Date: 
c.1912-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1959-07-10
Cause of death: 
Suicide?
Other
Other reference: 
http://pio-ulski.com/russians-in-hong-kong/

Mr Orloff's life was summarised in newspapers after he was found dead with wrist injuries at home in Flat 516, the United Apartments, Great George Street, Causeway Bay (now Island Beverley Centre): 

Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
Music and concerts

Monia TALAN (aka Tai) [1913-1999]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2019-04-08 20:09
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Talan
Given: 
Monia
Alias / nickname: 
Tai
Birth
Date: 
1913-05-28
Birthplace (town, state): 
Novonikolaevsk
Death
Date: 
1999-06-27
Birthplace (country): 
Russia

Michael Constantin YATSKIN [1907-1965]

Submitted by Chucha on Wed, 2018-06-27 21:54
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Yatskin
Given: 
Michael Constantin
Birth
Date: 
1907-07-05
Birthplace (town, state): 
Omsk, West Siberia
Death
Date: 
c.1965-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Michael Yatskin

Born in Siberia Russia around 1910 . Escaped due to revolution via Harbin Shanghai then Hong Kong. Prisoner of war at Sham Shui PO prison camp for over 3 years? I have a book of sketches by Lieut  A.V. Skvorzov of life in the prison camp . I believe there is one in the museum in Hong Kong.

He was an engineer in the PWD in Hong Kong when he was head of works at Sham Shui Po in 1955 when the Li Cheng Uk tomb was discovered. His subsequent actions saved the tomb.

Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
POW

Natalie Konstantinova DAVIS (née TYRTOFF) [1907-1994]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2018-04-05 16:10
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Davis
Given: 
Natalie Konstantinova
Maiden: 
Tyrtoff
Birth
Date: 
c.1907-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1994-03-03
Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Peter Michalovich PIANKOFF [????-1944]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2017-12-26 17:57
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Piankoff
Given: 
Peter Michalovich
Death
Date: 
c.1944-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Peter M. Piankoff was born in Irkutsk, Siberia which he left with his wife Evodika Filipoona in 1907 to run a bakery in Harbin. After a brief spell in Vladivostok in 1914-1915 the couple returned to Harbin and left Russia for good. (See https://gwulo.com/node/45369) He seems to have come to Hong Kong in or around 1924.

Birthplace (country): 
Russia

Solomon BARD (aka Solly) [1916-2014]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-07-05 00:19
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bard
Given: 
Solomon
Alias / nickname: 
Solly
Birth
Date: 
c.1916-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Siberia
Death
Date: 
2014-11-08
Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
HKVDC
POW

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