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Ralph Burton GOODWIN [1902-1994]

Submitted by JerkJi on Tue, 2016-07-05 17:41
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Goodwin
Given: 
Ralph Burton
Birth
Date: 
1902-07-15
Death
Date: 
c.1994-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Ralph Burton Goodwin OBE RN​ZN​VR

Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
pow

Richard Henry WILD [1893-1955]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2016-03-10 14:31
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Wild
Given: 
Richard Henry
Birth
Date: 
c.1893-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hokitika
Death
Date: 
c.1955-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mr Wild's occupation in 1941 as "Insurance".

He was Secretary of the New Zealand Internees Association in Stanley Camp.

Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Kathleen THOMPSON [c.1908-2002]

Submitted by brianwindsoredgar on Wed, 2014-06-25 16:01
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Thompson
Given: 
Kathleen
Birth
Date: 
c.1908-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
2002-01-21

After training as a nurse in New Zealand, Kathleen Thompson went to Britain in 1936 and joined the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. 

In Hong Kong she served as matron of St. Albert's Hospital during the hostilities.

She went to Britain after the war and became Assistant Director of the Army Nursing Sevice (rank: Lieutenant-Colonel). After retirement in the 1960s she returned to New Zealand and died at the age of 94.

Source:

Arthur E. Gomes Newsletter, undated but probably March 2002

Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

David LOIE (aka LUI Fook-wing / BAAG codename "M.S." / 雷福榮) [????-1943]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2014-03-20 22:03
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Loie
Given: 
David
Alias / nickname: 
LUI Fook-wing / BAAG codename "M.S." / 雷福榮
Death
Date: 
c.1943-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
BAAG
Police reserve

John Oram SHEPPARD [1878-1942]

Submitted by brianwindsoredgar on Sun, 2014-01-05 18:28
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sheppard
Given: 
John Oram
Birth
Date: 
1878-09-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
Christchurch, Canterbury
Death
Date: 
1942-02-10

John Oram Sheppard was a Warrant Officer in the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

He died of dysentery in February 1942 - the second death in Stanley.

Source:

http://www.geni.com/people/John-ORAM-Sheppard/6000000014690930625

Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
HKRNVR

James Munro BERTRAM [1910-1993]

Submitted by brianwindsoredgar on Fri, 2013-12-06 17:43
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bertram
Given: 
James Munro
Birth
Date: 
1910-08-11
Birthplace (town, state): 
Auckland
Death
Date: 
1993-08-24

James Munro Bertram was a left-wing New Zealand journalist active before the war in China and Hong Kong. While in the Colony he worked for Madame Sun-yatsen's China Defence League and supported other initiatives designed to help China in its war against Japan, such as the Industrial Co-operatives organised by fellow New Zealander Rewi Alley.

Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand

Peggie HUNTER (née SCOTCHER) [1921-1999]

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2013-11-17 21:46
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Hunter
Given: 
Peggie
Maiden: 
Scotcher
Birth
Date: 
1921-02-07
Death
Date: 
1999-05-31
Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
VAD

Stuart Taylor WILLIAMSON [c.1889-1950]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2013-09-16 12:35
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Williamson
Given: 
Stuart Taylor
Birth
Date: 
c.1889-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1950-09-05
Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

James Leslie ANDERSON [1913-1985]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2013-06-17 16:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Anderson
Given: 
James Leslie
Birth
Date: 
1913-11-30
Birthplace (town, state): 
Gore
Death
Date: 
1985-05-12
Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Alice Adeline BALDWIN (née WALSH) [1887-1941]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-10-20 20:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Baldwin
Given: 
Alice Adeline
Maiden: 
Walsh
Birth
Date: 
1887-02-22
Birthplace (town, state): 
Greymouth
Death
Date: 
c.1941-12-19 (Day is approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand

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