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Laurentz Reuben NIELSON (aka Laurie) [1901-1957]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-02-13 21:39
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Nielson
Given: 
Laurentz Reuben
Alias / nickname: 
Laurie
Birth
Date: 
1901-02-11
Birthplace (town, state): 
Christchurch
Death
Date: 
1957-12-09

DoB from John Black's list.

Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
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Franklin Charles GIMSON [1890-1975]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-02-13 21:36
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Gimson
Given: 
Franklin Charles
Birth
Date: 
1890-09-10
Birthplace (town, state): 
Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire
Death
Date: 
1975-02-13

Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong during the war years.

Birthplace (country): 
England
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Esther Maria BARTON (née XAVIER) [1895-1983]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-02-13 21:35
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Barton
Given: 
Esther Maria
Maiden: 
Xavier
Birth
Date: 
1895-11-26
Death
Date: 
1983-09-26

Barbara Anslow:

[Mrs Barton was] Chinese / Portuguese and a brilliant classical pianist.

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Frances Elizabeth DROWN (née LEAPER, aka Betty) [1904-1986]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-02-13 21:34
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Drown
Given: 
Frances Elizabeth
Maiden: 
Leaper
Alias / nickname: 
Betty
Birth
Date: 
1904-12-24
Birthplace (town, state): 
London
Death
Date: 
1986-09-07

Barbara Anslow:

Mrs. Betty Drown was a talented pianist who played for us every Sunday evening in the Prison Officers' Club  aka American Club aka Central Recreation Club.

Birthplace (country): 
England
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ANS

E S R LONGWORTH [c.1900-????]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-02-13 21:24
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Longworth
Given: 
E S R
Birth
Date: 
c.1900-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Details from John Black's list, which gives Mrs Longworth's occupation in 1941 as Housewife.

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Raymond Eric JONES [1905-1957]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2012-02-13 17:35
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Jones
Given: 
Raymond Eric
Birth
Date: 
1905-12-08
Death
Date: 
c.1957-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

"R. E. Jones" appears on the List of Prison Officers for 1940, which shows he started work there on 2nd March, 1935.

He fought as a Private in the Stanley Platoon of the HKVDC.

He wrote a diary recording Hong Kong life in 1941-45, covering the fighting and his internment in Stanley Camp.

Timeline:

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Kathleen GRANT [c.1893-????]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-02-04 11:55
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Grant
Given: 
Kathleen
Birth
Date: 
c.1893-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mrs Grant's occupation in 1941 as "Mental nurse".

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Eve HILL [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-02-04 11:45
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Hill
Given: 
Eve

Barbara Anslow:

[In 1942 she was] a nurse.

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Dorothy Victoria FERRIER (née HOLLOWAY) [1921-1997]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-02-04 11:43
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Ferrier
Given: 
Dorothy Victoria
Maiden: 
Holloway
Birth
Date: 
c.1921-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1997-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
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VAD

Olive Susannah JEFFERY [1910-1945]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-02-04 11:38
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Jeffery
Given: 
Olive Susannah
Birth
Date: 
c.1910-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1945-01-04
Cause of death: 
Tuberculosis

Barbara Anslow:

[In 1942 she was] a young nursing sister with T.B.

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