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Jeannie WOODHEAD (née SMITH) [1907-????]

Submitted by susanleech on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 22:51

Jeannie trained as a nurse at Perth Royal Infirmary before going to Hong Kong in 1938 (approx).  She was interned in Stanley Civilian Camp following the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941.  Her fiance, Fred Woodhead was interned as a POW in Sham Shui Po before being transported on the Lisbon Maru to Ossaka #1 Camp.  After the war ended Jeannie and Fred returned to Dundee and were married 3 weeks later.  Fred returned to Hong Kong and Jeannie joined him after the birth of their son in 1947.  Jeannie & Fred emigrated from the UK to Australia in late 1950, where they remained until at leas