Everything tagged: VAD

In 1941 Grace Ellis was the proprietress of the Chantecler Restaurant on G/F, 172-176 Nathan Road. 

Grace Ellis came from a large family. Together with her sisters, Leontine and Sophie, 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.

Grace and members of the Ellis family were repatriated to England after the Japanese surrender. Grace and Sophie returned to Hong Kong in 1947.

Marjorie Dobson was a nursing sister at the War Memorial Nursing Home and in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment.

She married Frank Buckle, chief instructor in engineering of the Government Trade School and Engineer/Lieutenant in the HKRNVR at the Peak Church on 18 April 1941.

After the fall of Hong Kong, her husband was interned as a Prisoner-of-War while she was sent to Stanley Camp.

Beata Elizabeth de Courcy Morgan Richards was a nursing sister in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment. 

She married Captain Alan Oswald Gawler Mills, R.A. at St. John's Cathedral on 9 June 1941.

After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp.

Augusta Wexham was a nursing sister in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment. She was interned at Stanley Camp and aged 45 in 1945.

Her surname/signature appears under "VAD Nurses" 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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Gladys Frances White was born on 29 January 1908. She gave her rank/occupation as clerk on her POW card. She enlisted in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment and later was interned at Stanley Camp. 

Gladys Frances White was married to George White, Principal of the Government Trade School. At the outbreak of war, he had been seconded to the RASC and later interned at Argyle Street Camp and Sham Shui Po Camp.

Beatrice Maud Tomlin was a nursing sister attached to the HKRNVR. She was interned at Stanley Camp.

Her name/signature appears under "VAD Nurses" 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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Annie Archibald Thom worked as a secretary in the Cuban Consulate. She was also in the Nursing Detachment of the HKVDC.

Agnes Lamond Flippance was born on 27 April 1893. Unable to verify but appears to have died in Willesden, Middlesex in 1953.

She married Frederick Flippance in St. Andrew's Church, Penang on 2 June 1932. Agnes followed her husband to Hong Kong in 1938 when he was appointed Superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department.

Agnes enlisted in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment and was attached to St. Albert's Hospital, Rosary Hill prior to the fall of Hong Kong.