Sex
Female
Status
Deceased
Sophie Ellis was a cafe owner.
Sophie came from a large family. Together with her sisters, Leontine and Grace, they enlisted in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment. After the fall of Hong Kong, the sisters and their brother, Frederick Ellis were interned at Stanley Camp.
Sophie and members of the Ellis family were repatriated to England after the Japanese surrender. Sophie and Grace returned to Hong Kong in 1947.
Source
- https://battleforhongkong.blogspot.com/2014/04/mount-davis-hong-kong-rsm-ford-who.html
- Jewish Historical Society of Hong Kong: https://jhshk.org/community/the-jewish-cemetery/burial-list/ellis-ezekiel-isaac/ and https://jhshk.org/community/the-jewish-cemetery/jews-who-died-in-the-defence-of-hong-kong/ellis-leontine/
- POW Card: https://lq-cofepow.org/products/ellis-sophie?_pos=8&_sid=6d96561fc&_ss=r
- Carl Smith Archive: https://search.grs.gov.hk/en/searchcarl.xhtml?q=ellis&rpp=1
- Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/ezekiel-isaac-ellis-24-c2zdng?geo_a=r&o_iid=41015&o_lid=41015&o_sch=Web+Property