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Fredrick Charles MOW FUNG (aka Chung) [1882-????]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Mow Fung
Given: 
Fredrick Charles
Alias / nickname: 
Chung
Birth
Date: 
c.1882-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Stawell, Victoria
Birthplace (country): 

James Waymond YEE (aka Jimmy / Jim) [1915-????]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Yee
Given: 
James Waymond
Alias / nickname: 
Jimmy / Jim
Birth
Date: 
1915-07-26
Birthplace (town, state): 
Sydney

Jimmy Yee is my uncle. His full name is James Waymond Yee. Uncle Jim is kid brother to my Dad.

Birthplace (country): 

David William YEE (aka Wylum) [1913-2000]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Yee
Given: 
David William
Alias / nickname: 
Wylum
Birth
Date: 
1913-05-04
Birthplace (town, state): 
Sydney
Death
Date: 
2000-02-03
Cause of death: 
Respiratory failure

Wylum is Chinese name for my Dad.  His full name is David William Yee.  Since he was named after my Grandpa, to avoid confusion, he used his middle name William.  Wylum is Chinese way of pronouncing William.
 

Birthplace (country): 

Thomas Alfred BINKS [1900-1953]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Binks
Given: 
Thomas Alfred
Birth
Date: 
1900-10-05
Birthplace (town, state): 
Broughton Villiage, New South Wales
Death
Date: 
1953-02-02

Details from John Black's list, which gives Binks' occupation in 1941 as "Missionary".

Birthplace (country): 

Joy Noel WILSON (née HARRIS-WALKER) [????-????]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Wilson
Given: 
Joy Noel
Maiden: 
Harris-Walker
Birthplace (town, state): 
Alice Springs

Joy Wilson was the wife of Assistant Superintendent of Police Geoffrey Wilson.

She seems to have been in Macao at the time of the Japanese attack as during the first part of the war she worked for Consul John Reeves. After the formation of the British Army Aid Group she became an important organiser before escaping into Free China.

She predeceased her husband.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obituaries/81nOA9pAEOA

Birthplace (country): 

Florence Lucy WONG (née CHING, aka Flo) [????-1966]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Wong
Given: 
Florence Lucy
Maiden: 
Ching
Alias / nickname: 
Flo
Birthplace (town, state): 
MacKay, Queensland
Death
Date: 
c.1966-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (country): 

Richard Henry WONG (aka Dick / Dickie) [1908-1944]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Wong
Given: 
Richard Henry
Alias / nickname: 
Dick / Dickie
Birth
Date: 
1908-08-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Mackay, Queensland
Death
Date: 
1944-04-24
Birthplace (country): 

Octavius Arthur SMITH [1881-1966]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Smith
Given: 
Octavius Arthur
Birth
Date: 
1881-05-19
Birthplace (town, state): 
Wakefield, South Australia
Death
Date: 
1966-08-01

Philip Cracknell writes:

This is an extract from an Adelaide local newspaper "News" dated 21/10/45

Birthplace (country): 

Charles Edward WONG (aka Charlie) [1904-1968]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Wong
Given: 
Charles Edward
Alias / nickname: 
Charlie
Birth
Date: 
c.1904-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Queensland
Death
Date: 
1968-12-31
Birthplace (country): 

Ruth LITTLE [c.1914-????]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Little
Given: 
Ruth
Birth
Date: 
c.1914-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

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.

Source:

http://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/mildred-dibden/

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