Passenger List 1928 Hong Kong to Victoria BC Canada
George Leslie Andrew age 16 student born Lanchow China Nationality English Reason for journey to visit cousin Mr G F Moore in Toronto Father Mr G F Andrew Chefee China (see Find a Grave below)
Passenger List Halifax Nova Scotia to Manchester England arriving 16 May 1944
George Leslie Andrew age 32 occupation banking Country of last permanent residence China Country of future permanent residence Canada
UK Foreign and Overseas Records Marriage 6 November 1946 Hargeisa Maylasia
Mr Andrew seems to have been British, but he was repatriated in 1943 on ships that were suppposed to only be taking Americans and Canadians. Did he have his nationality changed?
I ask because my stepmother Betty (McGowan/Fitzgerald/Soo/Ellison/Williams) and her brother John were also repatriated at that time and were labelled Canadian on the passenger list. I would like to know how that happened when they were born in London and raised in Hong Kong.
On the Gripsholm passenger manifest, the nationality given alongside George L. Andrew's name was "Canadian". Pre-1947, Canadians were also British subjects.
George Findlay Andrew, born in China but with roots in England, immigrated to Saskatoon in the 1950s. During WWII he had been SOE spymaster in Chongqing.
Findlay’s son Leslie Andrew, who immigrated to Saskatoon after World War II, joined the SOE during World War II and was sent to India. It is likely that he trained at the Eastern Warfare School. As a European he could not blend into Asian crowds, but he trained others in espionage skills. On a repatriation ship from Hong Kong he had met and married a Saskatoon nurse who served in various theatres of war. After the war ended they were posted to Africa for a while, but returned to Saskatoon.
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George Leslie Andrew abt 1912 - 2000
Passenger List 1928 Hong Kong to Victoria BC Canada
George Leslie Andrew age 16 student born Lanchow China Nationality English Reason for journey to visit cousin Mr G F Moore in Toronto Father Mr G F Andrew Chefee China (see Find a Grave below)
Passenger List Halifax Nova Scotia to Manchester England arriving 16 May 1944
George Leslie Andrew age 32 occupation banking Country of last permanent residence China Country of future permanent residence Canada
UK Foreign and Overseas Records Marriage 6 November 1946 Hargeisa Maylasia
George Leslie Andrew and Gladys Esther Collard
Passenger List 1947 Southampton to Halifax Canada
George L Andrew 35 occupation banking
Gladys E Andrew 30 occupation nursing
Find A Grave Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon Canada
George Leslie Andrew buried 29 June 2000
Gladys Andrew buried 25 September 2002
G Findlay Andrew buried 24 August 1971
Date of birth: 1912-08-02
Date of birth: 1912-08-02
Date of Death: 2000-06-29, due to Parkinsons
Major George Leslie Andrew
Indian Army
Interned in Stanley Camp
Repatriated: Teia Maru & Gripsholm 1943
Worked for Bank of China
Mr Andrew seems to have been
Mr Andrew seems to have been British, but he was repatriated in 1943 on ships that were suppposed to only be taking Americans and Canadians. Did he have his nationality changed?
I ask because my stepmother Betty (McGowan/Fitzgerald/Soo/Ellison/Williams) and her brother John were also repatriated at that time and were labelled Canadian on the passenger list. I would like to know how that happened when they were born in London and raised in Hong Kong.
George Leslie Andrew
On the Gripsholm passenger manifest, the nationality given alongside George L. Andrew's name was "Canadian". Pre-1947, Canadians were also British subjects.
Noted the following in https://saskapedia.com/?s=leslie+andrew
George Findlay Andrew, born in China but with roots in England, immigrated to Saskatoon in the 1950s. During WWII he had been SOE spymaster in Chongqing.
Findlay’s son Leslie Andrew, who immigrated to Saskatoon after World War II, joined the SOE during World War II and was sent to India. It is likely that he trained at the Eastern Warfare School. As a European he could not blend into Asian crowds, but he trained others in espionage skills. On a repatriation ship from Hong Kong he had met and married a Saskatoon nurse who served in various theatres of war. After the war ended they were posted to Africa for a while, but returned to Saskatoon.
National Archives
George Leslie ANDREW - born 02.04.1912
Special Operations Executive: Personnel Files (PF Series). Special Operations Executive personnel files. Information on individual subjects and access conditions is available at... George Leslie ANDREW - born 02.04.1912.
(Date of birth given in the National Archives may not be correct)