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George Wladyslaw PIO-ULSKI (aka George Parks) [1910-1994]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-06-04 19:10
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Pio-Ulski
Given: 
George Wladyslaw
Alias / nickname: 
George Parks
Birth
Date: 
1910-10-20
Birthplace (town, state): 
Vladivostok
Death
Date: 
1994-03-11

George Pio-Ulski's father was an officer in the Russian Navy who was listed as missing in action in 1917. The family fled Russia in the spring of 1924 because of their precarious position under the Bolsheviks - Mr. Pio-Ulski believed they were the last people to get exit visas.

Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
those not interned

Arseny Joseph SAVITSKY (aka Joe) [1903-1990]

Submitted by Suziepie on Mon, 2012-05-14 06:31
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Savitsky
Given: 
Arseny Joseph
Alias / nickname: 
Joe
Birth
Date: 
c.1903-10-25 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1990-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

ARSENY JOSEPH SAVITSKY 

Portrait Artist in Stanley Prison Camp

AJ Savitsky was an artist interned in the Stanley Prison Camp during World War II, when the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, He was a Russian who had migrated to Hong Kong in the early 1930s and became a member of the Hong Kong Police Reserve in 1936. He was interned with other civilians, including police officers. 

Birthplace (country): 
Russia
Tags: 
World War 2
Artist
Portraits
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Nicholas BELANOVSKY [1889-1977]

Submitted by Dmitry Belanovsky on Sun, 2011-09-11 01:34
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Belanovsky
Given: 
Nicholas
Birth
Date: 
1889-04-20
Birthplace (town, state): 
Tiflis
Death
Date: 
1977-05-21
Cause of death: 
bronchial pneumonia

Nicholas Belanovsky as a naval officer. St. Petersburg, Russia
Birthplace (country): 
Russia

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