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Catherine HUNTER (née COUTES) [c.1853-????]

Submitted by seemex on Wed, 2014-04-02 11:17
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Hunter
Given: 
Catherine
Maiden: 
Coutes
Birth
Date: 
c.1853-04-02 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hong Kong

Married to William Leyland Hunter who was born in Manchester, UK 1844. Three children, George, Tobias, and May.

Any info appreciated

Birthplace (country): 
China

Peter / Yan-Sau TSUI (aka 徐仁壽) [1889-1981]

Submitted by Lawrence Tsui on Sat, 2014-03-08 23:22
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Tsui
Given: 
Peter / Yan-Sau
Alias / nickname: 
徐仁壽
Birth
Date: 
c.1889-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1981-02-19
Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
Shek Lo
Wah Yan College

Tobias HUNTER (aka The Colonel) [1877-1970]

Submitted by seemex on Sat, 2013-11-23 07:27
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hunter
Given: 
Tobias
Alias / nickname: 
The Colonel
Birth
Date: 
1877-09-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hong Kong
Death
Date: 
1970-09-28
Cause of death: 
Compications following a stoke suffered two years prior
Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
Jardine Matheson
Geddes Trading & Dairy Co

Beatrice Violet ? (née HUTCHINSON) [1922-2010]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-11-11 13:19
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
?
Given: 
Beatrice Violet
Maiden: 
Hutchinson
Birth
Date: 
1922-06-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
Shanghai
Death
Date: 
2010-09-14

Barbara Merchant:

Beatrice Violet Hutchinson. dob 27 June 1922 (Shanghai), dod 14 Sept 2010. Married "Y.C." - sorry, family does not wish to reveal their surname.

Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
those not interned

Hung-Sui LO (aka BAAG No. 64) [1916- ]

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2013-10-18 15:54
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Lo
Given: 
Hung-Sui
Alias / nickname: 
BAAG No. 64
Birth
Date: 
c.1916-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Canton
Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
BAAG
HKVDC

Thomas Henry HUTCHINSON [1897-1986]

Submitted by barbaramerchant on Mon, 2013-09-09 18:17
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hutchinson
Given: 
Thomas Henry
Birth
Date: 
1897-08-03
Birthplace (town, state): 
Shanghai
Death
Date: 
1986-06-22

Pass photo of Tom Hutchinson

Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
those not interned

CHAN CHAK [1894-1949]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2013-09-09 13:13
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Chan Chak
Birth
Date: 
1894-04-02
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hainan
Death
Date: 
1949-08-31

Dates of birth & death from the Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography.

Admiral Chan Chak was a central figure in the group that escaped from Hong Kong after the Japanese victory in December 1941. The group left Hong Kong on several British Motor Torpedo Boats, sailed to the China coast in Mirs Bay, then traveled overland until they had escaped the Japanese and reached Nationalist China forces.

Read more about Chan Chak and the escape at: http://www.hongkongescape.org/

Birthplace (country): 
China

Rachel RAYMOND (née SILAS, aka Richie) [c.1886-1958]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-08-05 04:48
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Raymond
Given: 
Rachel
Maiden: 
Silas
Alias / nickname: 
Richie
Birth
Date: 
c.1886-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Shanghai
Death
Date: 
c.1958-12-28 (Day is approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Michael Albert PROULX [1927-2010]

Submitted by amp51 on Tue, 2013-06-18 10:36
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Proulx
Given: 
Michael Albert
Birth
Date: 
1927-09-14
Birthplace (town, state): 
Shanghai
Death
Date: 
2010-01-22
Cause of death: 
Heart Failure

Died in Gainsborough, Lincs., UK and buried there.

Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Thomas Sercombe SMITH (aka Thomas SERCOMBE-SMITH) [1854-1937]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-05-27 12:22
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Smith
Given: 
Thomas Sercombe
Alias / nickname: 
Thomas SERCOMBE-SMITH
Birth
Date: 
c.1854-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Canton
Death
Date: 
1937-03-31

I'm looking for photos / sketches / portraits of him for the CPS project's history book.

Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
Hong Kong Cadet
Police Magistrate

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