Everything tagged: WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

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George Ingram SHAW [1896-1964]

Submitted by David on Mon, 04/06/2020 - 15:38

He's described as "Dr Shaw" in W J Carrie's diary.

The Gazette for 22 Nov 1940 noted Shaw's appointment as a Health Officer:

No. 1273 .—His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint George Ingram Shaw, M.M., M.B., Ch.B. (Glas.) D.T.M.& H. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Edin.), to be a Health Officer, with effect from 2nd November, 1940.

Claude Bramall BURGESS [1910-1998]

Submitted by BHUI25044 on Sun, 03/29/2020 - 14:06

Any information  on Claude and his life would be of interest. He was Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong. I think when he left HK he necame HK's man in Brussels

Leslie John MCTAVISH [????-1990]

Submitted by Jaxxy on Sat, 03/28/2020 - 15:48

Leslie John Mctavish was my Uncle and he is buried in Happy Valley.He died in 1990.He was a Prison Officer and came over in the early 1930s

i was wondering if anyone knew of him.i know little about his like in HK.

We have family photos of him but I had difficulty working out how to post them on here.

Deirdre LARCOMBE (née TAYLOR, aka Dee) [1941- ]

Submitted by rpclements on Mon, 03/16/2020 - 22:23

Deirdre Taylor was interned as a child along with her mother Elizabeth Taylor in Stanley Camp and her uncle Leo Borisoff. She has just published her biography in the UK under the title The Girl in the Drawer and her married name Dee Larcombe.

Franciscus Hubertus Joseph Alphonsus LAFLEUR [1890-1946]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 03/01/2020 - 16:14

Franciscus Hubertus Joseph Alphonsus Lafleur was born in Rotterdam, his father originated from Roermond, The Netherlands. He is shown in a 1918 photo of the Holland-China Trading Company Hong Kong Textile department. From 1915 to 1941, he was juror in Hong Kong. With his family, he was interned in Stanley Camp (as per Greg Leck, Captives of Empire). His wife was named Lily, "daughter of a mandarin", their daughter was Ah Kan (Mary) and their son Ah Tong.