Everything tagged: WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Maude Caroline Franks (née Braga)

Born, Hong Kong, 8 December 1898; died, Sydney, 18 October 1962, aged 63.

Artist

Her entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:

• Sister Harrington, who comes from Slade Green, Kent, nursed the sick internees in Stanley camp, Hong Kong
• In addition to her nursing duties Sister Harrington served in the kitchens and helped at the camp wash tubs
• During her internment she suffered a broken arm and leg
• Hong Kong Blue Book (1939) - Medical Department, Hospital Division, Nursing Sister
  

Entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:

Entry on the 1942 list of civilian internees:

Notes from uptodat:

Entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:

Sister of fellow internee Florence D. CARTWRIGHT (aka Flo).

Mentioned in the 1942 list of Civilian Internees:

The Deacons Archive at HKU has an entry showing  that her husband was in the HKVDC, and was killed in action:

He first appears in Hong Kong on the 1915 Jurors List:

He was a long-term resident, appearing in every Jurors List up to and including 1941. He continued working for the Dock Company, but there were minor changes in the lists that followed:

Year of birth from John Black's list, which gives Miss Cartwright's occupation in 1941 as "stenographer". The Directory & Chronicle for 1940 here shows her working for Arhold & Co. Ltd.

Qualified as an ANS Nurse.  Worked at La Salle Relief Hospital.