Agnes Lamond Flippance was born on 27 April 1893. Unable to verify but appears to have died in Willesden, Middlesex in 1953.
She married Frederick Flippance in St. Andrew's Church, Penang on 2 June 1932. Agnes followed her husband to Hong Kong in 1938 when he was appointed Superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department.
Agnes enlisted in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment and was attached to St. Albert's Hospital, Rosary Hill prior to the fall of Hong Kong.
During the early months of the Japanese occupation, she continued to be attached to St. Albert's Hospital and later St. Teresa's Hospital. In August 1942, she was interned at Stanley Camp. Her husband who was a Major in the HKVDC was interned initially at Argyle Street Camp and later at Sham Shui Po Camp.
She left Hong Kong on the "Highland Monarch" in October 1945.
Source
- Marriage - The Straits Budget 9 June 1932: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19320609-1.2.20?qt=flippance&q=flippance
- POW Card: https://lq-cofepow.org/products/flippance-agnes-lamond
- Repatriation: https://gwulo.com/node/58047
- Agnes Lamond Flippance's name/signature appears under "St. Teresa's Hospital" 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