E M RAWLINGS [1911-????]

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Names
Given
E M
Family
Rawlings
Sex
Female
Status
Deceased
Born
Date

Details from John Black's list, which lists her as "Missionary" in 1941.

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Edith Margaret Rawlings was a missionary with the London Missionary Society. She went to China in 1938.

During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was stationed at La Salle Relief Hospital. Her name/signature appears under "La Salle College" (La Salle Relief Hospital) on the left on the "Day Joyce Sheet" held by the Imperial War Museum. 

See: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30083388. An explanation of the "Day Joyce Sheet" is given at: https://gwulo.com/media/46458

Source

1. Photo of Edith Rawlings leaving London on 23 September 1938 to take up missionary work in China: https://www.alamy.com/at-st-pancras-miss-edith-rawlings-formerly-a-london-typist-leaving-to-take-up-missionary-work-in-china-23-september-1938-image623695495.html?imageid=557870A6-244D-4B88-9F9B-79B92667DE5C&p=868092&pn=1&searchId=6107a4b65131fc06c78de70d47c3e298&searchtype=0