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Tony DE BROEKERT [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-12-15 12:33
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
de Broekert
Given: 
Tony
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WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Dicky DE BROEKERT [????- ]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-12-15 12:31
Status: 
Living
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
de Broekert
Given: 
Dicky
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Herbert H. POMMERENKE [1900-1978]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-12-14 16:52
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Pommerenke
Given: 
Herbert H.
Birth
Date: 
c.1900-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1978-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Dates of birth and death from the Biographical History at the Finding Aid to the Pommerenke family papers, online at:

http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=193

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missionary
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm

Charlotte Mabel BIRD (née MAY, aka Charles / Birdie) [1905-1992]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-12-14 16:37
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Bird
Given: 
Charlotte Mabel
Maiden: 
May
Alias / nickname: 
Charles / Birdie
Birth
Date: 
1905-07-29
Death
Date: 
1992-12-31
Tags: 
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Sidney Samuel HARRIS [1878-????]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2012-12-14 16:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Harris
Given: 
Sidney Samuel
Birth
Date: 
c.1878-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

He's listed in the 1941 Jurors List as:

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William Edward WEBBER [1894-1966]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2012-12-14 15:25
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Webber
Given: 
William Edward
Birth
Date: 
1894-10-06
Death
Date: 
1966-10-15

He's mentioned on the list of Prison Officers for 1940 as having become a Prison Officer on 8th Feb, 1924.

Date of birth from R E Jones's diary.

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prison officer

Susannah HUTTON POTTS (née WEILL, aka Susie) [c.1906-1968]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-12-06 17:36
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Hutton Potts
Given: 
Susannah
Maiden: 
Weill
Alias / nickname: 
Susie
Birth
Date: 
c.1906-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1968-04-28

See family tree on Geni.

Potts or Hutton Potts? Joanna writes:

... while most of the family use just "Potts" our correct surname is HUTTON POTTS without a hyphen ...

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Doris CUTHBERTSON [1897-1968]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2012-12-04 21:59
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Cuthbertson
Given: 
Doris
Birth
Date: 
1897-08-27
Death
Date: 
c.1968-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Brian Edgar has a post describing Doris Cuthbertson's work during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Initially interned in Stanley Camp, she was guaranteed out in September 1942. She spent the rest of the occupation living outside camp, and was responsible for channeling money and other supplies to Jardines' employeed in Stanley Camp, and in the Prisoner of War camps.

Read more at: http://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/doris-cuthbertson/

Birthplace (country): 
Australia
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Alec HUTTON POTTS (aka Alex) [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-12-02 12:13
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hutton Potts
Given: 
Alec
Alias / nickname: 
Alex

See family tree on Geni.

The China Mail, 1932-07-04, page 7:

More than $3,000 worth of valuables were stolen from the residence of Mr A. H. Potts, High House, Mount Davis, during the week-end.

Potts or Hutton Potts? Joanna writes:

... while most of the family use just "Potts" our correct surname is HUTTON POTTS without a hyphen ...

Tags: 
HKVDC
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Bernard TOHILL [1919-2010]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-11-30 16:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Tohill
Given: 
Bernard
Birth
Date: 
1919-08-12
Birthplace (town, state): 
Belfast
Death
Date: 
2010-12-21

DoD from his obituary:

"[...] Fr. Bernard’s death is a great loss also for our China Province, where he arrived, newly-professed, 73 years ago in 1937 and where he spent 51 of his 73 years of Salesian life, being one of its Rectors (1952-1958) and Provincials (1958-1963). [...]"

He spent the war years (1941-45) in Hong Kong.

Birthplace (country): 
Northern Ireland
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