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John Oram SHEPPARD [1878-1942]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2014-01-05 18:28
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sheppard
Given: 
John Oram
Birth
Date: 
1878-09-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
Christchurch, Canterbury
Death
Date: 
1942-02-10

John Oram Sheppard was a Warrant Officer in the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

He died of dysentery in February 1942 - the second death in Stanley.

Source:

http://www.geni.com/people/John-ORAM-Sheppard/6000000014690930625

Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
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Guillaumine VAN DER LAAN (née EUGENE P. LE COCQ D ARMANDVILLE) [1904-2002]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2014-01-04 16:58
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
van der Laan
Given: 
Guillaumine
Maiden: 
Eugene P. le Cocq d Armandville
Birth
Date: 
1904-11-03
Birthplace (town, state): 
Heerlen
Death
Date: 
2002-08-21

Guillaumine E. P. Le Cocq d'Armandville married Jacobus van der Laan on December 10, 1927 in Palembang, Sumatra.

During the first 18 months of the Japanese occupation she lived with him at the Sun Wah Hotel. The couple were sent to Stanley in July 1943.

She died in the Hague aged 97.

Source:

http://gw.geneanet.org/evanderlaan?lang=en;pz=esther;nz=van+der+laan;ocz=0;p=guillaumine+e.p.;n=le+cocq+d+armandville

Birthplace (country): 
Netherlands
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Jacobus Hendrik VAN DER LAAN (aka Henk) [1900-1976]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2014-01-04 16:46
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
van der Laan
Given: 
Jacobus Hendrik
Alias / nickname: 
Henk
Birth
Date: 
1900-08-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
Groningen
Death
Date: 
c.1976-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Jacobus van der Laan was the manager of a bank the Netherlands Trading Society when war broke out.

After the surrender he was one of the bankers kept out of internment to liquidate the assets of their instutions. He and his wife lived at the Sun Wah Hotel until being sent to Stanley in July 1943 on the completion of their work.

 

Sources:

David Tett, Captives in Cathay, 2007, 313

Birthplace (country): 
Netherlands
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Hermann BALEAN [1875-1945]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2014-01-04 04:59
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Balean
Given: 
Hermann
Birth
Date: 
1875-03-13
Birthplace (town, state): 
Brighton, Sussex
Death
Date: 
1945-01-30
Cause of death: 
Malnutrition and anaemia

Hermann Balean was a doctor and surgeon who practised first in China and then Hong Kong.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
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buried at Stanley Military Cemetery

Bertram Ewart SUGARS [1899-1968]

Submitted by gjks on Fri, 2014-01-03 22:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sugars
Given: 
Bertram Ewart
Birth
Date: 
1899-08-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
Walthamstow, Essex
Death
Date: 
c.1968-03-01 (Day is approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
England
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Alexander Charles MEREDITH [1895-1985]

Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2014-01-01 18:16
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Meredith
Given: 
Alexander Charles
Birth
Date: 
1895-08-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
New Windsor Berkshire
Death
Date: 
1985-01-18

Alexander Charles Meredith was a banker. On July 24, 1941 he was made Controller of Food.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
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William Richard CHESTER-WOODS [c.1896-1946]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-12-30 16:46
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Chester-Woods
Given: 
William Richard
Birth
Date: 
c.1896-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hounslow
Death
Date: 
1946-11-19

John Black's list notes he was a Policeman, born in 1896.

Birthplace (country): 
England
Tags: 
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Mary EDMONDSTON [????-c.1975]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-29 04:37
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Edmondston
Given: 
Mary
Birthplace (town, state): 
London
Death
Date: 
c.1975-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Mary Edmondston was the daughter of David and Kathleen Edmondston. She lived in the Sun Wah Hotel with her parents for the first part of the Japanese occupation and was sent to Stanley with her mother after her father's arrest in May 1943.

http://www.gritquoy.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F7639&tree=001Master

 

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
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Kathleen Helen EDMONDSTON (née TOPE) [1887-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-29 04:31
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Edmondston
Given: 
Kathleen Helen
Maiden: 
Tope
Birth
Date: 
c.1887-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Lambeth, Surrey

Kathleen Edmondston was the wife of David Charles Edmondston, Hong Kong manager of the HSBC. She lived in the Sun Wah Hotel for the first part of the occupation and was interned in Stanley along with her daughter Mary after her husband was arrested in May 1943. She survived the war to make an affidavit on his treatment to a War Crimes trial.

 

http://www.gritquoy.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F7639&tree=001Master

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
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James SHEPHERD (aka Jim) [c.1906-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2013-12-25 19:44
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Shepherd
Given: 
James
Alias / nickname: 
Jim
Birth
Date: 
c.1906-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Douglas Water, Lanarkshire

Jim Shepherd first came to Hong Kong in 1926 with his regiment. In 1928 he left the army and joined the Hong Kong Police.

He was interned in Stanley Camp during the Japanese occupation.

In 1996 he published a short autobiography: Silks, Satins, Gold Braid and Monkey Jackets.

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
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