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Daisy Mary JOYCE (née SAGE, aka Day) [1905-1975]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-12-24 16:32
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Joyce
Given: 
Daisy Mary
Maiden: 
Sage
Alias / nickname: 
Day
Birth
Date: 
1905-11-12
Birthplace (town, state): 
Yoxford, Suffolk
Death
Date: 
1975-10-19
Cause of death: 
Cancer

Daisy Joyce came to Hong Kong in March 1940 as a biologist for the Education Department.

During the hostilities of December 1941 she was an auxillary nurse at the Emergency Hospital in La Salle College (Kowloon).

She was interned in Stanley and created a well-known visual record: the Day Joyce Sheet. This was an embroidered sheet, hidden between the rugs on her bed, which contained coded memorials of internee names and events.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Joyce_Sheet

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
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George William MORTIMER [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-12-24 00:44
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Mortimer
Given: 
George William

George Mortimer ended the December 1941 hostilities working as a baker. He was held in the Exchange Building after the surrender, and then to the Mee Chow Hotel, and finally to Stanley, where he spent the rest of the war.

Sources:

http://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/g-w-mortimer/

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Cuthbert James NORMAN [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-12-24 00:33
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Norman
Given: 
Cuthbert James

Cuthbert James Norman was apointed Assistant Superintendent of Prisons with effect from January 10, 1941. During the December 1941 hostilities he commanded the Stanley Platoon (prison officers) which saw some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict.

He was interned in Stanley and after liberation wrote 'A Farewell to Stanley', perhaps the best-known poem of the Hong Kong war.

He became Commissioner of Prisons on February 26, 1953.

He was awarded the CBE.

Poem:

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HKVDC
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Arthur Robert Fenton RAVEN [c.1878-1956]

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2013-12-22 20:30
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Raven
Given: 
Arthur Robert Fenton
Birth
Date: 
c.1878-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1956-02-05

Date of birth from John Black's list.

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Mathilde COMPTON (née CARISIO, aka Mimi) [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-22 04:48
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Compton
Given: 
Mathilde
Maiden: 
Carisio
Alias / nickname: 
Mimi

Mathilde Compton was the second wife of A. H. Compton, the head of Sassoon's. They married in 1919. She was interned in Stanley.

http://www.boormanfamily.ca/genealogy/compton_edward_ca1530/rr01/rr01_079.htm#P865

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Henry REFO [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-22 04:36
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Refo
Given: 
Henry

American missionary and teacher. He, his wife Sally, and family were interned in Stanley and repatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm.

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WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm

Edith G PALMER [????-????]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2013-12-21 22:04
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Palmer
Given: 
Edith G

Barbara Anslow's diary mentions "Edith Palmer from Shanghai", and John Black's list has a woman named "E G Palmer", so I've assumed they are the same person.

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Margarite BOULTON (aka Aitchison) [c.1898-1964]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-12-21 22:00
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Boulton
Given: 
Margarite
Alias / nickname: 
Aitchison
Birth
Date: 
c.1898-05-23 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1964-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)
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Hilda HUTCHISON [????- ]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-12-21 21:57
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Hutchison
Given: 
Hilda
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Walter Philip THOMPSON (aka Tommy) [1909-1978]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2013-12-21 17:49
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Thompson
Given: 
Walter Philip
Alias / nickname: 
Tommy
Birth
Date: 
1909-06-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
Tac Chow, Chekiang
Death
Date: 
1978-10-24

Walter Thompson was a Superintedent in the Hong Kong police when the Japanese attacked in December 1941.

He was wounded by shell fragments during the hostilities and interned in Stanley after the surrender. On the night of March 18, 1942 he began an escape with Gwen Priestwood. On their way to Chungking, they were helped by Chinese guerrillas, and Thompson decided to operate with them behind Japanese lines. He ended the war as a Lieutenant-Colonel.

 

Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
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