Dorothy Margaret Shaw (née Roe) listed her occupation as stenographer. She was married to Joseph Hilton Shaw who worked for the China Light & Power Co., Ltd.
After the fall of Hong Kong. Dorothy M. Shaw was interned at Stanley Camp. Her husband, having joined the HKVDC during the initial days of the battle was interned at Argyle Street Camp and later at Sham Shui Po Camp.
Winifred Agnes Adams Gow married Alexander Roy Henderson Phillips in Greenock, Scotland in 1923 and followed him to reside in Hong Kong.
Winifred Philips was a member of the Auxiliary Nursing Service. Both she and her husband were interned at Stanley Camp.
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Gladys Winfred (or Winifred) Skinner was married to John (Jack) Skinner, radiographer in the Medical Department.
She was in the Auxiliary Nursing Service. Both she and her husband were interned at Stanley Camp.
Robert Kerr Wallace was a Marine Engineer with the Chinese Maritime Customs.
He was interned at Stanley Camp. His name/signature appears as "R K Wallace"under "Stanley Prison" 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
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Agnes Mary Pacros de Marin was married to Gaston Victor Jean Pacros de Martin. She arrived in Hong Kong in 1915.
Both were interned at Stanley Camp. After the war, they remained in Hong Kong and resided at their bungalow at Tai Po Kau. Agnes died in Hong Kong in 1967.
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Sarah Gemmell Morrison was appointed nursing sister of the Medical Department on 12 August 1927. She appears to have been known as "Sally".
She married George Merriman, Revenue Officer of the Imports and Exports Department at Union Church on 31 August 1935. They had their honeymoon in Japan.
In 1939, she was employed as a Temporary Nursing Sister in the Medical Department. She was also a member of the Auxiliary Nursing Service. The Hong Kong War Diary mentioned that she was stationed at St. Paul's Hospital during the Battle of Hong Kong.
Frances Vera Stroud was a secretary to the H. M. Trade Commissioner. She was better known as "Vera".
She was also in the Nursing Detachment of the HKVDC. On her POW Card, she was a nurse with designation "ND108". In the Hong Kong War Diary, a nurse with the same designation was named "A. Vera F. Simpson". Not sure if her initials were transposed.
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.
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