Vera KERR [1899-1970]

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Names
Given
Vera
Family
Kerr
Sex
Female
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Kumamoto
Birthplace (country)
Japan
Died
Date
Died in (town, state)
Los Angeles
Died in (country)
United States
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Vera Kerr and her husband, Stanley Robert Kerr both spoke Japanese. See here

In an article in The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury on 17 December 1943, Mrs. Aloha Ellison Shields after her return to the United States, mentioned that Mrs. Kerr (Vera Kerr), Mrs. Harold Armstrong (Vera Joan Armstrong) and Mrs. Leonora Hospes provided great help in the camp, all being able to speak Japanese. See here 

Born 19/09/1899 Kumamoto , Japan 

Japanese speaker

Died 3/11/1970 Los Angeles

Interned in Stanley camp during Japanese occupation.  Used her Japanese language skillss