Jean SHELDON [c.1899-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 12/21/2024 - 19:15
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Jean
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Sheldon
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Female
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Deceased
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Jean Sheldon was the wife of Magistrate, Harold George Sheldon. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was a Hospital Supervisor at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp.

A. E. Shields paid tribute to Jean Sheldon for her kindheartedness after Mrs. Shields was repatriated to the USA in 1942.  See here 

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9647-sheldon-jean/

2. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367486

3. Jean Sheldon's name/signature appears under "La Salle College" (La Salle Relief Hospital) on the bottom right 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

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