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James Waymond YEE (aka Jimmy / Jim) [1915-????]

Submitted by EWY on Fri, 2014-11-07 10:10
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Yee
Given: 
James Waymond
Alias / nickname: 
Jimmy / Jim
Birth
Date: 
1915-07-26
Birthplace (town, state): 
Sydney

Jimmy Yee is my uncle. His full name is James Waymond Yee. Uncle Jim is kid brother to my Dad.

Birthplace (country): 
Australia

David William YEE (aka Wylum) [1913-2000]

Submitted by EWY on Fri, 2014-11-07 10:08
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Yee
Given: 
David William
Alias / nickname: 
Wylum
Birth
Date: 
1913-05-04
Birthplace (town, state): 
Sydney
Death
Date: 
2000-02-03
Cause of death: 
Respiratory failure

Wylum is Chinese name for my Dad.  His full name is David William Yee.  Since he was named after my Grandpa, to avoid confusion, he used his middle name William.  Wylum is Chinese way of pronouncing William.
 

Birthplace (country): 
Australia
Tags: 
Military Medal

Thomas Alfred BINKS [1900-1953]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2014-08-30 11:44
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Binks
Given: 
Thomas Alfred
Birth
Date: 
1900-10-05
Birthplace (town, state): 
Broughton Villiage, New South Wales
Death
Date: 
1953-02-02

Details from John Black's list, which gives Binks' occupation in 1941 as "Missionary".

Birthplace (country): 
Australia
Tags: 
missionary
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Joy Noel WILSON (née HARRIS-WALKER) [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 2014-07-14 16:45
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Wilson
Given: 
Joy Noel
Maiden: 
Harris-Walker
Birthplace (town, state): 
Alice Springs

Joy Wilson was the wife of Assistant Superintendent of Police Geoffrey Wilson.

She seems to have been in Macao at the time of the Japanese attack as during the first part of the war she worked for Consul John Reeves. After the formation of the British Army Aid Group she became an important organiser before escaping into Free China.

She predeceased her husband.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obituaries/81nOA9pAEOA

Birthplace (country): 
Australia

Florence Lucy WONG (née CHING, aka Flo) [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2014-04-27 21:56
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Wong
Given: 
Florence Lucy
Maiden: 
Ching
Alias / nickname: 
Flo
Birthplace (town, state): 
MacKay, Queensland
Birthplace (country): 
Australia
Tags: 
ANS
those not interned

Richard Henry WONG (aka Dick / Dickie) [1908-1944]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-04-15 15:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Wong
Given: 
Richard Henry
Alias / nickname: 
Dick / Dickie
Birth
Date: 
1908-08-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Mackay, Queensland
Death
Date: 
1944-04-24

Nephew of Harry Ching.

Birthplace (country): 
Australia
Tags: 
those not interned

Octavius Arthur SMITH [1881-1966]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-04-01 14:36
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Smith
Given: 
Octavius Arthur
Birth
Date: 
1881-05-19
Birthplace (town, state): 
Wakefield, South Australia
Death
Date: 
1966-08-01

Philip Cracknell writes:

This is an extract from an Adelaide local newspaper "News" dated 21/10/45

Birthplace (country): 
Australia
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Ruth LITTLE [c.1914-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2013-12-06 22:30
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Little
Given: 
Ruth
Birth
Date: 
c.1914-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Ruth Little was an Australian missionary, 27 years old in 1941, who was allowed into Hong Kong in 1940/41, in spite of the Evacuation order, to assist Mildred Dibden at the Fanling Babies Home.

She spent the war years with Miss Dibden at the home and was never interned.

Source:

http://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/mildred-dibden/

Birthplace (country): 
Australia
Tags: 
those not interned

Rae SHAW (née JONES) [1941- ]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-11-30 20:11
Status: 
Living
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Shaw
Given: 
Rae
Maiden: 
Jones
Birth
Date: 
1941-01-22
Birthplace (country): 
Australia

Alfred Ernest ABLONG [1886-1941]

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2013-07-11 16:29
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Ablong
Given: 
Alfred Ernest
Birth
Date: 
1886-09-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
Waterloo
Death
Date: 
1941-12-19

Alfred Ernest Ablong (not to be confused with his son who bore the same name) came to Hong Kong in 1902 with his parents John Ablong and Emma (nee Ah Kin) and his five brothers and sisters.

In 1915 he married Mabel Agnes Elizabeth Cotton, a Hong Kong woman of English extraction.

Birthplace (country): 
Australia

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