Ruth Little was an Australian missionary, 27 years old in 1941, who was allowed into Hong Kong in 1940/41, in spite of the Evacuation order, to assist Mildred Dibden at the Fanling Babies Home.
She spent the war years with Miss Dibden at the home and was never interned.
Beatrice Violet Hutchinson. dob 27 June 1922 (Shanghai), dod 14 Sept 2010. Married "Y.C." - sorry, family does not wish to reveal their surname. <Read more ...>
Mansfield (Mansie) Banker nee Thorburn. dob unknown, dod 25 Feb 1979. Married George Banker who is on Patricia Lim's cemetery inscriptions list, and Juror's list 1908. <Read more ...>
Mildred Dibden was a missionary with the evangelical Anglican Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society. She first came to Hong Kong in 1931, but had to go home because of a near-fatal bout of malaria. She had noticed the plight of Hong Kong's abandoned children, and was determined to help them, so she returned to the Colony in 1936 and opened orphanges in various locations including Cheung Chao. In 1940 she moved into an estate in Fanling and kept this home open, with the assitance of Ruth Little and Chinese staff, throughout the Japanese occupation. <Read more ...>
She was Eurasian and was in HK during the occupation (she, like the vast majority of Eurasians, was not interned).
She was related to 4871 Pte Leslie A. Fox of No.3 Company HKVDC. He evaded capture and joined the BAAG’s China Unit and eventually the Chindits. Unfortunately, I cannot now recall if she was his sister or aunt. <Read more ...>
