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Sally Gaby was born to Iris and Cyril Gaby in Shanghai in 1935. She was brought up with her cousin, Daphne Cook, daughter of Iris's sister Marjorie and whom the Gabys had agreed to adopt. The family were a part of a swap with Japanese POWs in Australia, where they then settled. Sally was one of the great-grandchildren of the Swedish tavern owner John Olson and grandchild of Charles and Elizabeth Warnes. Both Iris and Marjorie had been brought up and educated at the Canossian Convent after the death of their parents.

He is mentioned in the 1940 Jurors List:

Then in the 1942 lists for POWs and wounded:

Advertising representative of the Newspaper Enterprise Limited in pre-WWII Hong Kong

Leslie Bauld worked for HATS (Hongkong Air Terminal Services).

He was born in Shanghai 12 July 1926, second son of John (Jack) Bauld and Wilfreda (Freda) Barkus.  (She was the daughter of Captain Robert Barkus) The family moved to NSW Australia after the war and are buried in Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland.

Leslie died at Sydney airport from a heart attack in 1985.

Capt. Barkus died in Tientsin.

They were in Lunghwha Camp as POW's.

Brother Dennis and sister Doreen (Bamforth).

"Mr. Julio Cecilio de Souza Botelho, who lived at 339, Nathan-road, Kowloon, and died intestate on January 18 this year, left property worth $1,600."

"A WIDOW'S ESTATE

MRS. A. CHRISTIANSEN OF KOWLOON

GUARDIAN FOR DAUGHTER

Mrs. Alice Christiansen, a widow, who died of heart failure at the age of 45 on July 20, 1929, at No. 42, Humphrey's building, Kowloon, left no will. Letters of administration to her estate have now been granted by the Supreme Court to Mr. Wallace John Hansen, import and export merchant, of No. 7, Queen's road Central.

From wikipedia:

Hong Kong film star who became popular as a child actress and continued her success as a mature actress, winning numerous awards including Best Actress at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival (for Summer Snow). Since retiring from show business (partly due to her increasing deafness), she has become a writer and a psychologist, known for her work against child abuse.

KGV student and prefect 1953-54