Sex
Female
Status
Deceased
Rosalie E. Lewis was well known in town for managing a European brothel. Before her repatriation to the United States in 1942, she was nearly 60 years old and had lived in Hong Kong for 30 years. She had taken care of a young Chinese girl since the child was one but was not able to bring her into Stanley Camp. Rosalie E. Lewis made arrangements with the French Convent to take care of her.
Lewis is mentioned in numerous books about wartime Hong Kong.
Source
1. SCMP 23 November 2019, Then & Now by Jason Wordie. See here
2. Prisoner of the Turnip Heads: Horror, Hunger and Humour in Hong Kong 1941-1945, by George Wright-Nooth
3. Prisoner of the Japs, by Gwen Dew
4. The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, by Philip Cracknell