Valentin Gavrielovitch / Valentin Gabriel BORINEVITCH / BOURNE [1910-1980]

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Names
Given
Valentin Gavrielovitch / Valentin Gabriel
Family
Borinevitch / Bourne
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Benderi, Bessarabia
Birthplace (country)
Russia
Died
Date

He appears in these Jurors Lists as "Borinevitch, Valentin Gabriel" ...

1939: Salesman with Millington, Ld., living at Top Floor, 7  Homuntin Street, Ho Mun Tin

1940: Salesman with Office Appliance Co. Ld., living at 2 King's Terrace, Top floor, Kowloon.

1941: Assistant with Reiss, Bradley & Co., Ld., living at 9B Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon.

He was a signalman in the HKVDC, shown at 2a in the photo below

1941 HKVDC Corps Signals at Fanling, by David

His entry in the list of POWs uses an anglicised version of his name:

Bourne B V HKVDC Signalman 3378

Additional details of his time as a POW can be seen at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168562407/valentine-gabriel-bourne_…;

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Russian community in Hong Kong [????- ]

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A copy of his naturalisation certificate, issued in 1947,  is held in the UK's National Archives, their ref: HO 334/257/4111

  • Full name: Valentin Gavrielovitch Borinevitch known as Valentin Gabrial Bourne. ([sic] Gabrial with an 'a')
  • Address: 7 Parkes Street, Top Floor, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
  • Trade or Occupation: Business Representative.
  • Place and date of birth: Benderi, Bessarabia, Russia. 5th September, 1910.
  • Nationality: Stateless.
  • Single, married, etc: Married.
  • Name of wife: Ludmilla Nicolaevna Borinevitch nee Volcova.
  • Name and nationality of parents:
    • Gavriel Gavrielovitch Borinevitch. Stateless. (Deceased)
    • Maria Feodrovna Borinevitch nee Klukovskaya. Stateless.