William and Ellen Whiteley lived at 16 Broadwood Road and were close friends and neighbours to my uncle, Leslie Warren and his family from 1923 onwards. William Whiteley was manager of the company Der A Wing & Co. They were interned in Stanley Camp with their daughter, Joan, a nursing sister. (Information kindly supplied by Tony Banham.)
Tony Banham has kindly extracted the full name of Mrs Whiteley, my cousin's godmother and her family members from his list of Stanley Camp internees. She is Ellen Frances Whiteley of 16 Broadwood Road (not 17 as previously posted). Her husband was William Henry Whiteley, (b. 11.10. 85) also interned. Their daughter was probably (Muriel) Joan Whiteley (b. 27.10.16) referred to in James O'Toole's diary entry of 22 August 1945 at
DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mrs Davis' occupation in 1941 as "Housewife".
Henry Ching writes:
Elaine Davis – wife of Professor S.G.Davis of the Geography Department, Hong Kong University. He was in the HKVDC. I think she worked in the Government public relations office and was interned in Stanley. <Read more ...>
DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mrs Goodban's occupation in 1941 as "Housewife".
Henry Ching writes:
Mary Goodban – wife of Gerald Goodban, headmaster of the Diocesan Boys’ School. He was a despatch rider in the HKVDC. She was interned in Stanley. <Read more ...>
