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KENNY R.E. [Ronald Edmund]KENT Mrs V.J.KER Mrs UrsulaKERR Mrs Bridget MaryKER-COOPER Mrs Laura SedgewickKERR-SMITH Mrs AlmaCommittee Member, Perak Flying Club. Captain REAdjutant 1FMSVF. Aged 36 in 1942. Wife Ada Maude.Returned 1947.Evacuated with son J.A. on Aorangi, arriving FremantleWA 23.1.42.Wife of A. [Civilian internee]. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia then<strong>to</strong> UK.From Singapore. Aged 75 in 1942. Mother of MrsMayger. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SA. Died 28.8.43 DurbanWife of C.H. [FMSVF POW]. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SAEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife of A. [SRA[V] POW].KEYZAR Mrs Maise Evacuated, aged 30, with children Max & David, aged 2and 1, on the Duchess of Bedford arriving Liverpool4.4.42. To Southfields, London SW18. Wife of G.S.[SRA[V] POW].KIBBLE Dr Caroline Baxter MBEKILGOUR Ms Jessie MBE 1930sKILLICK Mrs MaryTo Malaya 1911 <strong>to</strong> visit her brother. A qualifiedpharmacist, she qualified as a medical practitioner,returning <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1922. Lady Medical Officer, Pekanthen <strong>to</strong> the Malay Regiment, Port Dickson. Afterretirement set up a small hospital in Trengganu till 1941.Evacuated? Died 21.2.60 Englefield Green, SurreyMissionary Teacher, St Andrew’s. 1938 Principal, StMargaret’s School, Singapore [the Zenana MissionSchool]. till 1948. Former Girl Guide Commissioner. Died20.10.53 [67] Essex.Evacuated, aged 50, on the Empress of Japan. ArrivedLiverpool 19.3.42. To Weybridge, Surrey. Joined 4 sonsJohn, Micky, Brian, Pat in UK. Mary, a keen tennis playerin Malaya, died 30.5.72 [87] Weybridge. Wife of N.S.[Civilian internee].KIMPSTER William Arthur ‘Kim’ MM b.1897 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Joined Mansfields 1919.Direc<strong>to</strong>r, Mansfields, Blue Funnel side. Auxilliary FireService. Escaped Singapore 14.2.42 with a Mansfieldsgroup on the Imperial Airways launch. Reached Bataviathen on the Zaandam, arriving Fremantle WA 6.3.42.Returned 1946 as Chairman, Mansfield & Co. but injuredin fall at Ocean Building. Returned <strong>to</strong> UK. Retired <strong>to</strong> aBournemouth hotel then Ember<strong>to</strong>n, Bucks. Died 22.4.76[78].KING Mrs A.R.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SAKING Edward Tavey Sirotkin ‘Ted’ OBE 1961 b.1906 Wallasey nr Liverpool. From an OrthodoxJewish family. Civil Engineer: PWD Engineer, Palestine1930s then North Kedah. Married Miriam Rappoport1935. Lt SSVF <strong>to</strong> Royal Engineers. Escaped Singapore2.42 <strong>to</strong> Java. From Bombay <strong>to</strong> Australia on DominionMonarch 5.42. Lt 16.10.44 <strong>to</strong> Major, Royal Engineers1945. Returned postwar as State Engineer, Selangor then


<strong>to</strong> PWD Nigeria 1956. Retired 1960 as Controller ofWorks Services, Ministry of Works & Transport, Nigeria.Died 1.1.1985 [79] Bishop Teigh<strong>to</strong>n, Devon.KING Mrs Mary Holden SusanEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Willoughby NSW. Wife of F.F.[Civilian internee].KING Mrs Elizabeth nee Banon [married 1940 KL] and son [born 21.1.42Singapore] evacuated <strong>to</strong> New<strong>to</strong>wngrange, Scotland. Wifeof J.B.KING Mrs J.E.KING Mrs JoyceKING Mrs LeonoraKING Mrs Mary StevensonEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Salisbury, S.Rhodesia. Husband an FMSVFPOW.Housewife aged 22 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan with baby daughter, Susan aged 2 months. ArrivedLiverpool 19.3.42. To Shortlands, Kent..Wife of Colin [Civilian internee].MAS. Lost at sea17.2.42[32] on the Tanjoeng Pinang. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya post war..Wife of S.N.[Civilian internee] Evacuated with daughterJennifer Mary on Ulysses. Arrived Fremantle WA31.12.41.KING Mrs Nora Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.KING Mrs Vera Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.KING Ms Penelope, Jean & Carol & Master Jonathan Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving FremantleWA 24.1.42.KING Mrs Stella IsabellaKINGSTON Mrs A.Housewife aged 27 in 1942. Evacuated with son James,aged 2, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool19.3.42. To New<strong>to</strong>n Grange, Midlothian.Evacuated on Orion with children Betty, Bill & Bob.Arrived Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Vic<strong>to</strong>ria, AustraliaKINLOCH Mrs Winifred Mary Evacuated, aged 38. Wife of R.KINSEY Mrs RhonaKINLOCH William LennoxHousewife aged 32 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Hale, Cheshire.To Malaya 1924 aged 25. Consulting Engineer, MessrsKinloch & Co. Ltd, Singapore. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Padang thenBombayKINLOCH Mrs Ida Wife of W.L. Evacuated on the Lee Siang 11.2.42KINSTLER Mrs Chana b.1914. Evacuated from Singapore with children Jacob [2]and Vivien Esther [7 months] on Narkunda. ArrivedFremantle WA 24.1.42.KINSZKY Mrs GerdaKIRK William Arthurb.1908. Czech National. Evacuated with daughterArabella [4] and son Roger Andrew [1] on Narkunda,arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.b.1896. Educated Sleaford Grammar School, Leeds


Modern School and Leeds University. To Malaya 1923 asAssistant Engineer, Irrigation Branch FMS. Captain2FMSVF [1937]. By 1937 Executive Engineer, UluLangat. Major SRE[V] evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sumatra then <strong>to</strong> Javaon the SS KuchangKIRKBRIGHT G.E.KIRKBRIGHT Mrs Valerie ElaineKIRKE Mrs HazelKIRKPATRICK Mrs A.C.KIRWAN Mrs Winifred FrancesKITCHING Ms JoanKITCHING Mrs NoraKITCHENER Harry JohnKITCHENER Mrs MargueriteKITCHENER Mrs Margery LouiseKITSEROW MrsKLASSEN Ms HildaKLEINMAN J.B.KNIGHT Mrs Edith2 nd Engineer APC Marine Dept. Left Singapore 11.2.42 onthe APC Lighter Kulit. To Sumatra, Java then AustraliaHousewife aged 47 in 1942. Evacuated on the SS Duchessof Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To WestHartlepool.Evacuated with infant daughter [b.1940] <strong>to</strong> Jo’burg SA.Son Colin born 28.8.42 Grahams<strong>to</strong>wn SA. Wife of C.M.J.[Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya postwar. Sonborn 1949 Penang.Evacuated with son B.C. on Aorangi. Arrived FremantleWA 23.1.42. Wife of S.M. [SSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya 1946.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Natal SA. Wife of H.P. [FMSVF POW].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.aged 19 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Lancaster.3 children evacuated 1.42. She was evacuated on Kuala[sunk]. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng Pinang.Wife of T. [Civilian internee].b.1900 Ecclesfield, Yorkshire. Educated Palmer’s School,Essex and East Anglian Institute of Agriculture,Chelmsford. Joined Game Dept, Malaya as a Game DeptWarden 1932. Control Warden, Games Dept FMS 1940.SuperIntendent, King George V National Park [nowTaman Negara]. Lt Dalforce on the SS Dumayer vanTwist from Sumatra <strong>to</strong> Java. Escaped <strong>to</strong> Australia, PostwarFederal Chief Game Warden. Died 1987 Suffolk.Housewife aged 39 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Thames Dit<strong>to</strong>n,Surrey.Evacuated, aged 39, with daughter Jill Elizabeth & sonMartin, aged 12 & 11 in 1942, <strong>to</strong> Batavia then <strong>to</strong> Sydney,arriving 26.1.42 on the Van Heutsz. Wife of R.T.N. [KVF<strong>to</strong> 1SSVF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sydney. Husband a FMSVF POW.General Hospital, Singapore. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on theTanjoeng PinangAssistant, Machine & Foundery Shops, SingaporeHarbour Board. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Colombo.Evacuated with daughter Helen on Narkunda, arrivingFremantle WA 24.1.42.


KNIGHT Mrs RitaKNIGHT Mrs MyraKNIGHT Mrs BeatriceKNIGHT Mrs Winifred AliceKNOCKER Geoffrey MichaelKNOTT Mrs JemimaKOCH Mrs TrevorKOEK Mrs W.KOOTYKRAAL Mrs MargaretKREUTZER Mrs E.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. Wife of H. [4FMSVF POW].Housewife aged 53 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empressof Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Plymouth.Evacuated. Wife of P.N. [3SSVF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA.b.1904 Sevenoaks, Kent. Educated Brigh<strong>to</strong>n College.Harrison & Crosfield KL 1923- Married Christine Folsom[from Oklahoma City] 1934 Penang. 2FMSVF <strong>to</strong> Sub-LtMRNVR – he and wife reached Colombo then UK – heescaped Singapore on a launch. Post-war Direc<strong>to</strong>r,Harrison & Crossfield living at 7 Maxwell Rd KL.Chairman from 1953. Member of Legislative Council1954-1957. Retired from Malaya 1957. Died 12.89Salisbury.Married 1940. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Tasmania. Wife of W.T.[Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Singapore post war.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SAEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Maritzburg SA. Wife of E.R. [Civilianinternee].a Swede from Kedah. Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the GiangBeeEvacuated. Wife of G.H. [2SSVF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SALACEY Mrs CarolineLAFFAN Leonard Arthur ‘Lal’ BScLAFFAN Mrs Mildred RuthEvacuated. Wife of N.H.N. [Civilian internee].She died 10.8.90 Southamp<strong>to</strong>n.b.1903 Lambeth. Educated Westminster City School;Northamp<strong>to</strong>n Engineering College and LondonUniversity. To Malaya 1927 as Assistant Engineer SSPenang. By 1940 PWD Executive Engineer, BatangPadang, Perak. Captain SSVF. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Padang thenIndia. Wife Irene [Midge] evacuated <strong>to</strong> UK. DaughtersWilhelmina [Billie] & Alex. State Engineer, Pahang 1953based at Kuala Lipis. Retired <strong>to</strong> Benfleet, Essex. Died2000 Kent.Evacuated. Wife of T.G. [1SSVF POW].LAIDMAN Mrs L.Evacuated with son W. on Orion, arriving FremantleWA 6.1.42. Wife of E.L. [1SSVF POW].…LAING James Munro ‘Jimmy’PWD Chief SuperIntendent Waterworks KL Aged 41 in1942. Escaped <strong>to</strong> Sumatra. Left Padang 2.3.42. ArrivedColombo HMAS Hobart 6.3.42 then <strong>to</strong> Bombay.Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946. Wife Katherine Norah.


LAING Mrs Lilian Evacuated on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41then <strong>to</strong> Edinburgh. Wife of U.A.N. [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.LAING Patrick MacDonald ‘Paddy PJKLA NAUZE Mrs PatriciaLAIRD Mrs MurielLAIT William HavelockLAKE Mrs ChrissieLAMB Mrs Edith.LAMB Edward ArthurLAMB Mrs IsabelLAMB John Harold S<strong>to</strong>rr ‘Jimmy’Assistant Planter, Wessyng<strong>to</strong>n Estate, <strong>Malayan</strong>American Plantations, Bedong, Kedah. 2 nd Lt VFevacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Sumatra then India. Wife Verityevacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. Promoted Captain. Member ofRubber Control Dept, Govt of India 1942-1945. Returned<strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946: Dublin Estate, Karangan, Kedah Laterplanted in Nigeria. 1952: resident in Jeal, Kent WifeKay. Son Neil. P.M. died 27.8.73 Worthing.Evacuated with children Jimmy & Cherry <strong>to</strong> Sydney.Wife of R.F.L. [Civilian internee].nee Mayson, married 1932. Evacuated on Narkunda withchildren Jennifer b.1939. and Barring<strong>to</strong>n [Barrie]. ArrivedFremantle WA 24.1.42. To Melbourne. Also a sonWilliam. Wife of J.S. [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya post war.To Singapore 1926 aged 24. Wharf Dept. SingaporeHarbour Board. Left Singapore. Arrived Fremantle WA26.2.42 on Charon. Wife Phyllis Mary Maud, aged 32 in1942.Evacuated, aged 43, <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Wife of W.H.[Civilian internee].Evacuated with daughter Jennifer <strong>to</strong> Perth WA.Wife of D.C. [ MAS/Civilian internee]. Returned<strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946. .Joined Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging Ltd 1923. GeneralManager and At<strong>to</strong>rney, Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging,Thailand. Wife Vera May evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sydney. WW2Service with Gurkhas in India and Burma then onMountbatten’s staff. Returned <strong>to</strong> Takuapa Valley postwar,retiring 1956 <strong>to</strong> Folkes<strong>to</strong>ne, Kent after 33 yearsservice. Mayor of Folkes<strong>to</strong>ne 1966. Vera died 5.6.65Folkes<strong>to</strong>ne. He died 9.11.69 Folkes<strong>to</strong>ne.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. Wife of J.B.G.[1SSVF POW].Assistant, William Jacks, 94 Brewster Rd, Ipoh. L/CplFMSVF [Ipoh] Armoured Cars. Escaped from Singapore.Received an Emergency Commission 4.4.42. Died16.2.52 [36] Mission Hospital, Phuket. Wife CatherineJean; daughter Jean Alexandra b.1947.LAMBERT Ms Joyce Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.LAMBERT Master L.E. Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.LAMBERT Mr and Mrs - J.W?she Eurasian evacuated <strong>to</strong> Batavia then IndiaLAMMERT Frank Edward Weathers<strong>to</strong>ne OBE 1950 CBE [Mil.] 1958 DSC VRD. b.1903.Sun Life Assurance Company 1935. HK RNVR 1937.


Manager, Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, HK BankBuilding, Singapore 1940. MRNVR lauch P10. EscapedSingapore <strong>to</strong> Australia 1942. RN Watchkeeping thenCombined Operations. Sicily Landings and D Day.Returned <strong>to</strong> Sun Life, South East Asia 1946-1960. PostwarCaptain & Commanding Officer MRNVR SingaporeDivision 1947-1957. Retired from Sun Life 1961. Died1999 Cumberland. Papers in Liddell Hart Collection.Brother of R.T.O.LAMMERT Mrs Phroso DoloresLAMMERT Mrs R.T.OLAMONT Mrs AlexaLAMPEN-SMITH H.B.LANCASHIRE VioletLANCASTER Mrs Constance JeanClerical Staff, HKSH Bank, 21 Collyer Quay, Singapore.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India then on the Dominion Monarch <strong>to</strong>Australia 5.42.Evacuated on the Felix Roussell <strong>to</strong> India. 6.2.42. Husbanda 1SSVF POW.Evacuated, aged 40, with daughter Alison, aged 2, on theEmpress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. ToAberdeenshire. Wife of A.E. [LDC / Observer CorpsPOW].Son of W.H. [Civilian internee]. Evacuated onCentaur, arriving Fremantle WA 13.1.42.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SAEvacuated on Aorangi with daughters Susan Elizabeth &Valerie Anne. Arrived Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife ofW.E. [KVF POW ]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.LANCASTER Harold Captain HMS Giang Bee Lt RNR. Lost at sea 13.2.42Wife evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sydney on the SS Devonshire 6.2.42LANDER Mrs J.R.LANDOR Mrs MarjorieLANDON Frederic Henry BALANDON Mrs Penelope Minna ‘Pen’LANE Mrs Ellen FlorenceEvacuated pre-hostilities with son H. <strong>to</strong> Perth WA.Wife of H. [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Singaporepost war.Evacuated pre-hostilities with daughter Diana [b.1938Singapore] on Charon, arriving Fremantle WA 13.6.41.To Vic<strong>to</strong>ria, Australia. Wife of Dr J.V. [Civilianinternee].b.1909. Educated Winchester College and New College,Oxford. Forests Dept FMS 1932 as Assistant Conserva<strong>to</strong>rof Forests. By 1937 District Forest Officer, KualaKangsar. L/ Sgt 7220 2FMSVF on the Celia out ofSingapore 14.2.42 then the SS Dumeyer van Twist.Arrived Fremantle 7.3.42 on the Zaandam. Wife Jane neeStewart, daughter Jacqueline Sons James b.1947 &Malcolm. Returned postwar as Chief Research Officer,Forest Research Institute, Kepong, Selangor. F.H. died9.1956.b.1892 Chelmsford, Essex. Wife of J.M.P. [LDC/Observer Corps Civilian internee]. Mother of John [Jack]b.1915, Thyra b.1917 & Auriol [June] b.1922. JoinedMAS. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng Pinang.Housewife aged 32 in 1942. Evacuated with son John,


aged 4, on the SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool4.4.42.To Chatham,Kent.LANE Frank Laurence JPLANE Mrs M.LANE Ms MabelLANG Mrs P.M.C.LANGLEY Mrs A.L.LANGLEY RussellLANGWORTHY Henry BruceLANMAN Mrs EveLARARD Francis James ‘Frank’LARKINS Mrs D.G.LASCELLES Mrs Mildred JoyceLATHAM Mrs Dorothy Mayb.1912 Mussooree, India. Educated Welling<strong>to</strong>n Collegeand New College, Oxford. Assistant, Mansfields/ StraitsSteamship Company 1934- i/c Airways Dept, OceanBuilding, Singapore. Escaped Singapore 14.2.42 with aMansfields group on the Imperial Airways Launch. FromTjilitjap <strong>to</strong> Fremantle WA on the Zaandam, arriving6.3.42. Later <strong>to</strong> the USA. Returned <strong>to</strong> Mansfields post-war- Direc<strong>to</strong>r 1950; Chairman 1953. Retired <strong>to</strong> Lyndhurst,Hants 1974 then Caldy, Wirral. Wife Gwen; adoptedchildren Peter & Sheila..Evacuated with son D. on Orion, arriving FremantleWA 6.1.42.C. of E. Missionary. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia then <strong>to</strong> theUK.Evacuated with son T. & daughter C. on Nellore, arrivingFremantle WA 8.1.42.Typist Vic<strong>to</strong>ria Barracks then Teleprinter Opera<strong>to</strong>r, FortCanning. Evacuated on the Empire Star 13.2.42 reachedAustralia 3.42Child evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA24.1.42.b.1896 Ches Egremont, Chester. Educated HM SchoolShip, Conwy. To Malaya 1920 as Police Probationer SS.By 1941 Deputy Commissioner FMS Police. Wife Clare,aged 42 in 1942, evacuated on the SS Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Westbury-on-Seven,Gloucestershire. He <strong>to</strong> SA. Post-war Police CommissionerFOM. Resigned on health grounds 1948. Clare died27.7.81; he earlier.Evacuated, aged 49, on the Empress of Japan. ArrivedLiverpool 19.3.42. To Chester then Bris<strong>to</strong>l. Wife ofA.H.L. [Civilian internee].Electricity Board, Malaya. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA.Wife Jennie; daughters Barbara & Bettie. He died 25.2.66Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Wife of G.S.W. of Sandakan. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> IndiaWife of Daniel Richard of Miri, Sarawak. Evacuated <strong>to</strong>SA. Returned 1946 with children Elizabeth Anne b.1942& Jeremy Daniel b.1946.Evacuated, aged 47, evacuated on the SS Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Sandbach,Cheshire. Wife of F.W. [Civilian internee].LATIMER Mrs Williamina Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Scotland. Wife of T.M. [Civilian internee]. .She died 5.56 at Gretna.


LATTIMER-JONES Noel MaryLAVILLE Mrs Florence MurielLAW Mrs ElizabethLAW Mrs Margaret BarclayLAWES Mrs Maude V.LAWRENCE Mrs E.from Colwyn Bay. Colonial Service Nursing Sister,Penang 12.41. Evacuated. Died 15.2.51 LiverpoolEvacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of L.V.J. [Civilianinternee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Florence died 12.5.78 [80] Fleet.b.1884. Art teacher. To Malaya 1916, teaching at Anglo-Chinese Girls School, Methodist Mission, Penang.Various Art Mistress appointments within Penang. Widowof William Law of Huey Moot Mine, Penang. Lost at sea17.2.42[59] on the Tanjoeng PinangHousewife evacuated <strong>to</strong> India with daughter Pom on theFelix Roussel 2.42. Died 3.7.50 Singapore.Evacuated, aged 41, on the Empress of Japan. ArrivedLiverpool 19.3.42. To Southall, Middlesex. Wife ofG.W.[Civilian internee].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of A. [Civilian internee].LAWRENCE Mrs F. Evacuated on Charon, arriving Fremantle WA 18.1.42.To Queensland. Wife of H.R. [Civilian internee]..LAWRIE Mrs MarieLAWSON F.LAWSON Mrs MarjorieLAYCOCK John BA MCLEA Dr Clement Awdry BA PhDLEACH Mrs AliceLEACH John & Mrs Sarah MaryEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Sydney. Wife of Dr E.S. [Civilian internee].Daughter Claire.Chief Fire Officer, Admiralty, Singapore. Evacuated <strong>to</strong>Sumatra. On HMAS Hobart 1.3.42 from Padang <strong>to</strong>Colombo.Evacuated with son J. on Orion, arriving FremantleWA 6.1.42 then <strong>to</strong> Sydney. Wife of Dr. H.J. [Civilianinternee].b.1887. To Malaya 1920. Lawyer, Laycock & Ong,Singapore. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India. Postwar memberMunicipal Commission and 1951 Legislative Council.Founder of the short lived Progressive Party. Retired fromactive politics 1955 and from his practice 1957. A keenorchid collec<strong>to</strong>r. Daughter Amy. He died 3.12.60 [75]Singaporeb.1904. His father a Bishop in Southern Japan. EducatedSt Lawrence School, Ramsgate, University of Toron<strong>to</strong> andEmmanuel College, Cambridge. To Malaya 1932 asProbationer, Meteorological Branch, Survey Dept.Married Ruth Elizabeth Lees 1935. Gnr SRA [1937]. By1940 Meteorological Officer [Singapore], Survey DeptSS, KL. Lt RAFVR. Wife Ruth evacuated with childrenJohn, David b.1940 and Richard b.11.1.42 on the Cap StJacques <strong>to</strong> Bombay 28.1.42. Later <strong>to</strong> SA then UK. C.A. <strong>to</strong>Sumatra then Ceylon.Evacuated, aged 55, early on Charon, arriving FremantleWA 8.11.41.Coal SuperIntendent, Singapore Wharf Dept, SHBTanjong Pagar [1935 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry]. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban


SA. Returned <strong>to</strong> Singapore post war.LEACH Mrs Phyl MarnieLEASK GladysLECKIE Peter MartinLEDDEN Mrs Clara EllenEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. Wife of R.L. [FMSVF POW].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Nurse aged 43 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Bedford.b.1890. Educated Wesley College, Vic<strong>to</strong>ria. Surveyor inVic<strong>to</strong>ria 1917-1915 then WW1 Military Service in AIF.Captain. To Malaya 1920 as Surveyor-on-Agreement,Perak. By 1940 Chief Surveyor, Kelantan. CaptainFMSVF Field Survey Company. Left Singapore 9.2.42under orders. On SS Ipoh <strong>to</strong> Java then <strong>to</strong> Australia.Housewife and MAS Nurse. Alexandra Hospital.Evacuated. Daughter Joyce.LE MARE Deryck Watts MA [Oxon.] b.1912. Educated Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Manchester Grammar School and BrasenoseCollege, Oxford. Naples Scholarship 1934-1935 <strong>to</strong>Stazione Zoologica. Dept of Zoology & ComparativeAna<strong>to</strong>my, Oxford 1935-1937. Appointed AssistantDirec<strong>to</strong>r of Fisheries, Straits Settlements 11.37. ToSingapore 3.38 then based at Penang – lived at19 Brown Rd. He and wife Gladys [nee Keay; a teacher inSA till 1939; married 1939] left Singapore 1.2.42 onKurau. Reached Dabo. Sub Lt SS RNVR <strong>to</strong> Army Lt227762 attached <strong>to</strong> Intelligence Corps. Later Captain. Hea POW in Java. She evacuated <strong>to</strong> Bombay 28.2.42 thenGlasgow. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1947 when he wasappointed Direc<strong>to</strong>r of Fisheries. Left Malaya 1957. ToBrockham Warren, Surrey. Worked for White FishAuthority. Retired <strong>to</strong> Fowey c.1962. Both died 1967.Children Monica & Peter.LE STRANGE Gilbert Richard Planter Manager, Selaba Estate. Aged 57 in 1942.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Okehamp<strong>to</strong>n UK. Wife Minnie Eleanor.LEE Benjamin Harry To Malaya 1937 aged 23 with wife Barbara Jane, aged 20.Assistant, Paterson Simons & Co.Ltd, Prince St,Singapore. Discharged MVAF. Arrived Fremantle10.3.42. To London.LEE Mrs DoyLEE Charles PeterLEE Mrs Dora EmilyLEE Mrs FlorenceLEE Mrs DulcieEvacuated, pregnant and recently married, on the Empressof India 31.1.41. Wife of C.H. [FMSVF POW]. Returned<strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946. Son Graham.SuperIntendent of Machinery S<strong>to</strong>re and Workshop,Engineering Dept, Singapore Municipality. Aged 52 in1942. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> UKHousewife aged 33 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Ludlow, Salop.Evacuated, aged 41, with daughter B.J. on Aorangi,arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.Evacuated with 3 year old daughter Nancy on Narkunda,


arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Son Hugh born 1942 anddaughters Vivienne, Jenny and son Roy postwar. Wife ofH. [2FMSVF POW].LEE H.S. Wife Mary Chinese Pte 684 4SSVFLost at sea 28.2.42 [29] on the Ban Ho Guan.LEE Mrs G.D.LEE Mrs PeggyLEE Ms VioletEvacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of L.G. [LDC/ARP Civilianinternee].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Cape SA. Wife of R.W. [1SSVF POW].Priscilla Ltd, Singapore. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA.Aged 33 in 1942.LEECH Mrs Margaret Evacuated, aged 39, with children Jeremy & Julia, aged 6& 4, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 9.3.42.To Salisbury UK. Wife of W.S.G. [Civilian internee].LEEDS Mrs BarbaraEvacuated with daughter Sally & son An<strong>to</strong>ny on Orion,arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of A. [JVE POW].LEEFE Ms Violet Colonial Service Nursing Sister. Lost at sea 14.2.42[26]on the KualaLEES Mrs IreneLEGG William Ivor Lionel ‘Bill’Housewife and MAS Nurse. Evacuatedb.1897 Harwich. Educated Liverpool. WW1 Service: 2 ndLt Liverpool Regiment 1917 then <strong>to</strong> Royal Flying Corps.Joined Mansfields 1919. Assistant, Mansfields/StraitsSteamship Company working mainly in Passenger Dept.Flying Club member. Sub-Lt 1934 <strong>to</strong> Lt Commander SSRNVR 30.9.39. Wife Jean Renwick Airey evacuated onthe GlenArtney. He escaped from Singapore and arrived atFremantle from Batavia on Charon 26.2.42. Re-en<strong>list</strong>edRNVR 10.3.42 Australia. A Beachmaster in the Pacificthen HMS Kedah. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya as 1 st postwarManager, Mansfields, Penang. Retired <strong>to</strong> S.Queensland1948 then Algarve, Portugal 1949. Later returned <strong>to</strong>Brisbane area.LEGGATT Mrs Florence ‘Flora’LEGGE Robert HenryLEHMANN-NEILSON Mr & Mrs A.LELAH Mrs LeahLEICESTER Mrs May nee InnesLEICESTER Ms VeraEvacuated, aged 57, on the Empress of Japan. ArrivedLiverpool 19.3.42. To Bath. Joined daughter Barbara atOxford. Wife of W. [MRNVR POW]. Florence died31.3.62 East Grinstead, Surrey.b.1866. Barrister, 4 Klyne St KL. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Bombay.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SAEvacuated with son Hertzal <strong>to</strong> Bombay then Calcutta.Wife of A.A. [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Singapore1946.Eurasian wife of Henry. Nursing Sister. Lost at sea14.2.42 on KualaAssistant, Methodist Book Room Offices, 10 MountSophia, Singapore. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia


LEIGH-HUNT E.S.W.H.LENNANE Mrs W.G.Q.LEMMON Mrs MarjorieLENTHAL Mrs GladysLEONARD George Russell MBELEONARD Mrs Lillian JosephineLEWIS Mrs Audrey PhyllisLEWIS Mrs MaryTo Singapore 1930. SuperIntendent Civil Engineering,Naval Base. Lost at sea 15.2.42 on the Vyner Brooke YinPing?] Wife Beatrice evacuated, aged 41.Evacuated with son Tony. Husband a ISSVF POW.Evacuated with children Joy & Frank on Narkunda,arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42 then <strong>to</strong> Sydney.Wife of R.C. [Civilian internee]Evacuated <strong>to</strong> UK. Wife of E. [Malay Regiment POW].FMS Game Warden, Pahang: SuperIntendent, KingGeorge V National Park. Married Violet Mary JulianBaker, daughter of J. Baker of Semerak Kelantan 10.41Kota Bahru. 1 st European wedding in Kelantan –conducted by Bishop of Singapore. Returned asSOE/Force 136 Major. Wife evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia.Evacuated with children Richard John & Susan Francis,arriving Fremantle WA on Ulysses 31.12.41 then <strong>to</strong>Durban SA then <strong>to</strong> Dorset UK. Wife of R.F.W. [1SSVFbut Civilian internee].Evacuated with daughter Judith Anne on Ulysses,arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sydney. Wife of G.G. [Civilian internee].Sons Michael & Peter.LEWIS Mrs L.M. Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.Wife of H.J. [MAS/ Civilian internee].LEWIS Mrs GwynethLEWIS Mrs LucyLEWIS Mrs GraciaLEWIS S.LEWIS Mrs M.E.LEWIS-HINDE Mrs BettyLEYDEN Edward ErnestLEYNE Mrs Winifreda ‘Pat’Evacuated with 2 year old daughter Bronwen <strong>to</strong>Melbourne.Wife of J.M.M.[1FMSVF but civilianinternee]. Gwyneth died 1977.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Melbourne. Wife of J.S.A.[Civilianinternee]. Daughter Valerie.A TWA RN on Blakan Mati, Singapore. Evacuated.Wife of M. [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Singaporepost war.Assistant, Import Dept. H. Waugh & Co. Singapore.Formerly of Shanghai. Evacuated on the Lee Siang11.2.42. Son Roger.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Aberdeen. Wife of W.W. [Civilian internee].Evacuated with daughter Gillian on Charon, arrivingFremantle WA 18.1.42. Wife of G.A. [3FMSVF POW].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.Son Ian George. Betty died1999 Surrey.Depot Manager, John Little, Penang. Sub-Lt MRNVRLost at sea 3.3.42 on HMS Anking off BataviaEvacuated, aged 47, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived


Liverpool 19.3.42. To London. Wife of E.G. [Civilianinternee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war. Pat died 29.10.48Bungsar Hospital KL.LIDSTONE Mrs FlorenceLILLEY Mrs R.D.LILLY Mrs A.R.Evacuated with daughters Molly & Olive <strong>to</strong> SA thenUK. Wife of R.L. [Civilian internee].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Hobart, Tasmania. Wife of E.S. [Civilianinternee].Evacuated early on Centaur, arriving Fremantle WA29.11.41. Wife of A.H.W. [3FMSVF POW].LINDSAY Mrs D.K. Evacuated from Singapore 11.12.41LINDSAY Robert AMIESfrom Glasgow. <strong>Malayan</strong> Tin Dredging Co.Ltd, BatuGajah, Perak then AFS Control Room, Singapore HarbourBoard. Wife Catherine evacuated <strong>to</strong> Giffnock. He was lostat sea 13.2.42[40] on the Giang Bee. She returned <strong>to</strong>Singapore post war <strong>to</strong> join the Education Service.LINEHAN Mrs May ‘Maeve’ or Mary Josephine Evacuated. Wife of Dr W. [Civilian internee].May died 8.11.85 [91].LINFORD Mrs G.B.LISTON Cecil ProsperLITCHFIELD EricLLEWELLYN Mrs MoragLLEWELLYN Mrs DorothyLINDSAY Mrs O.M.LINDSAY William Hubble OBELINGE Mrs A.E.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Ashstead, Surrey. Husband a civilianinternee.To Malaya 1919. Assistant, Sandilands, Buttery & Co.Penang [1925 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry] then Anglo-French &Bendixsens Ltd, Union Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore[1933 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry] then G.H. Slot & Co.Ltd, Robinson Rd,Singapore. Aged 41 in 1942. Evacuated 11.2.42 with wifeDorothy, aged 38 in 1942, children Patricia, Daphne andPamela, aged 15, 14 & 7 in 1942, mother-in-law Mrs E.C.Findlay and Eurasian nanny Mrs G.F. Nicolai on the LeeSiang 11.2.42. He <strong>to</strong> India – initially with Fires<strong>to</strong>nes,Bombay then Govt of India Rubber Purchase Officer1942-1945. In rubber business, Penang postwar. 1950s rana hotel in Budleigh Salter<strong>to</strong>n.Manager, Telok Anson Installation, Asiatic PetroleumCompany, Perak. He, aged 48 in 1942, and wife Doris,aged 42, evacuated <strong>to</strong> MelbourneEvacuated, aged 30, <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Wife of A.E.[Civilian internee]. She wrote the YMCA ‘Cookery Bookof Malaya’ [1951]. Sons Roger b.1934 & Malcolm.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Bombay. Wife of H.G. [1SSVF POW].Evacuated with son R.S. on Aorangi, arriving FremantleWA 23.1.42.To Malaya 1933 aged 36. PWD Executive Engineer, PortDickson NS 1931 then Waterworks, Batu Pahat District,Johore 1933 then PWD Trengganu 1935 then SeniorExecutive Engineer, Pahang. Major VF. Evacuated <strong>to</strong>Padang then India. Daughter AnneWife of A.J. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SA


LINNEY Mrs Elsie AnnLITTLE Mrs Alfreda KathleenWidow aged 66 in 1942. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India. DaughterCatherine Mary.Evacuated with son B.S. on Aorangi, arriving FremantleWA 23.1.42. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1947.LITTLE Mrs Beatrice Mary Mother of C.R.C.[FMSVF POW]. Aged 60 in 1942.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Natal SALITTLE Ronald BrassieLITTLE William Henry Wallace BALITTLEDYKE Mrs Marion JoyLITTLEDYKE Stephen JeffreyLITTON George EdwardLIVETT Mrs Jean MargaretLIVINGSTONE Mrs Charlotte JeanLIVINGSTONE Mrs Mary Gray ‘May’LIVINGSTONE Ms Marjorie J.LLOYD Mrs JemimaAssistant, <strong>Malayan</strong> Tobacco Distribu<strong>to</strong>rs Ltd, 11 KeppelRd, Singapore. 2nd Lt 3SSVF attached <strong>to</strong> 22 IndianBrigade. Lost at sea 13.2.42.b.1907. Educated Tipperary Grammar School; the King’sHospital, Dublin and Dublin University. To Malaya 1930as Assistant Master SS & FMS – <strong>to</strong> Hutchings School,Penang. Various appointments including Teacher, Vic<strong>to</strong>riaInstitution then SuperIntendent of Education, Kedah. SgtFMSVF Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India. Wife Freda nee Halliday.Son b.1936 Singapore.nee Fraser [married 1940 at Ipoh]. Evacuated with babydaughter Morag Kathleen [born 1941] on Ulysses,arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. Wife of G.L. [FMSVFPOW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war. Marion was killed inaccident 12.12.60 Singapore.Hong Kong Tin Company. Pte 7489 2FMSVF Escapedfrom Blakang Mati with Walter Drinnan 17.2.42 in a 15ftt boat. Reached Padang. Sumatra. Left Padang 2.3.42.Arrived Colombo on HMAS Hobart 6.3.42. To Bombay– joined Indian Engineers. Died 15.4.2007 [95]Scotland..b.1892 Blything, Southwold, Suffolk. PWD Attached <strong>to</strong>RIASC 11 Indian Division. Lt Colonel IA 168. Evacuated<strong>to</strong> Padang, Colombo then IndiaEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Cape<strong>to</strong>wn SA.. Wife of G.R. [Civilianinternee].Evacuated with son Douglas [b.1932 Raub] <strong>to</strong> Natal SA.Wife of D.N. [Civilian internee]. Jean died 13.6.67.Daughter Heather. Douglas a well-known South Africanpoet, died 1996.Evacuated with daughter J.A. on Aorangi, arrivingFremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of G.L. [Civilian internee]. .Colonial Service Nursing Sister, Taiping GeneralHospital, Perak. Lost at sea 17.2.42[40] on the TanjoengPinangHousewife aged 26 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Portsoy, Banffshire.LLOYD-OWEN Mrs BettyEvacuated <strong>to</strong> SA. Wife of R.C. [RNVR]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya post war.


LOCKE Mrs E.M. Evacuated. Wife of A.C.S. [1FMSVF]. .LOCKWOOD Mrs E.LODER WATERS Mrs Pauline LilianEvacuated with daughter B. on Aorangi, arrivingFremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of F. [FMSVF POW]..Proprie<strong>to</strong>r, ‘Chapeaux’ Lady’s Hat Shop, Singapore.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Jo’burg SA. Wife of J. [Civilian internee].Lived at ‘Malibu’, 820 East Coast Rd, Siglap. Returned <strong>to</strong>Singapore 1946. Pauline died 1.11.62.LOGAN David T. Police officer aged 57 in 1942. Evacuated 2.42LOGAN Mrs FlorrieLOGAN GeraldLOGAN Ms GraceLOMONT Marie Elizabeth EmmaLONG Mrs DaisyLONG Mrs Hilda MaryLONG Mrs IreneHousewife aged 43 in 1942. Evacuated on the SS Duchessof Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To New<strong>to</strong>n Abbot,Devon.Assistant <strong>to</strong> Controller of Rubber, Malaya. Aged 62 in1942. Evacuated with wife/secretary Alexandra, aged 40on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. ToCanterbury, Kent. Died 29.4.51 Folkes<strong>to</strong>neColonial Service Nursing Sister, Singapore GeneralHospital. Died 14.2.42 [36] injured on ss Kuala - died onPom Pong IslandFrench National from Kampar. Evacuated from Singaporeon Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Died1940s. Daughter Emmeline.Evacuated, aged 33, on Orion with daughter B. ArrivedFremantle WA 6.1.42.Evacuated with daughter H.C. on Aorangi, arrivingFremantle WA 23.1.42.Returned 1947.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife of R.E.G. [3SSVFPOW].LONGCHAMP Mrs Marie Theresa Noele Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.Wife of P. [FMSVF].LONGFIELD Mrs Mary J. Wife of J.E. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Daughter born 1947.LONGLAND Mrs Audrey ‘Biddie’ Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.Wife of H.A. [Civilian internee].LORIMER Mrs AliceLOTT William D.LOUGH Mrs M.LOVEDAY Mrs Mercy MinnaEvacuated with daughter Anne on Orion, arrivingFremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of J.G. [NS LDC Civilianinternee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.Mining Engineer. Pte 2FMSVF on the SS Dumeyer vanTwist. Arrived Fremantle WA on the Zaandam 7.3.42.Son John, aged 4, evacuated on Orion, arriving FremantleWA 6.1.42. To UK wife wife Lydia 1947.Evacuated early with children D, S & R. <strong>to</strong> Fremantle onCharon 28.4.41. Wife of E.P.Evacuated. Returned 1946. Lived at 68 Goodman Rd,


Singapore. Wife of Albert Edward. Daughter BarbaraElizabeth.LOVEWELL Mrs Dorothy Anna Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Brigh<strong>to</strong>n, Sussex. Wife of F.D. [FMSVFSignals Btt POW]..LOW Mrs Margaret E. Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42.LOW Rosie EmilyLOWDON DavidLOWDON Mrs MarionLOWE Benjamin George Attewell MALOWE Mrs E.C.LOWE Mrs G.H.LOWE Leslie SLOWE Mrs MargueritaLOWICK Mrs Jessie IreneLOWRY Ellen ‘Paddy’LOWSON Dr Mrs WinifredLUBBOCK Edgar RobertLUCAS Ms Stella Franciesfrom Al<strong>to</strong>n, Hants. Colonial Service Nursing Sister. Lostat sea 14.2.42 [33] on KualaSub-Accountant, Chartered Bank, Singapore.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sumatra. On HMAS Hobart 1.3.42 fromPadang <strong>to</strong> Colombo then <strong>to</strong> India.Wife of David. Lost at sea 14.2.42[34] on Kualab.1906 Leicester. Educated Kingswood School, Bath,Trinity Hall, Cambridge & Imperial College of TropicalAgriculture, Trinidad. To Malaya 1930 as AssistantEconomic Botanist. In 1940 Agriculture Officer, Dept ofAgriculture SS & FMS. Bombardier 6968 FMSVF.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SAEvacuated with daughter G.A.L. on Gorgon, arrivingFremantle WA 20.2.42.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Husband a 4FMSVF POW.Staff, Perak Hydro. Electric Company, Station Rd, Ipoh.Sub-Lt MRNVR Lost at sea 28.2.42 on the Ban HoGuan.English wife of a Chinese lawyer. Evacuated. Returned1946.Evacuated. Wife of B. [Civilian internee].Jessie died 27.7.75 [87] Mosman, Australia.Colonial Service Nursing Sister, Singapore GeneralHospital. Survived the Kuala sinking but lost at sea17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng PinangMedical Dept. Johore. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Vic<strong>to</strong>ria, Australia.Children James, Erina, Ruth & Frances. Wife of J.M.A.[Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post warShip’s Draughtsman, Dockyard Dept, Singapore HarbourBoard. He, aged 51, and wife Bertha, aged 43, evacuated<strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Left Singapore on the Bagan <strong>to</strong>Palembang. .b.1902. Educated Wes<strong>to</strong>e Secondary School & EpiscopalTraining College, Edinburgh. To Malaya 1931 asEuropean Mistress SS teaching at McNair Road School,Singapore. Various appointments. By 1940 PrincipalMcNair School, Towner Rd, Singapore. Captain, LadiesSection, Sepoy Lines Golf Club. Left Singapore 11.2.42on the Kulit


LUCAS John WycliffeLUCAS Mrs PaulineLUCOCK Mrs ElsieLUCY Mrs Dorothy Amelia ‘Tommy’LUETCHFORD Mrs OliveLUKE Mrs PhyllisLUNDON Frank Gordonb.1908 Leicester. Accountant, <strong>Malayan</strong> Colleries, BatuArang. Wife Minnie, aged 34, evacuated with son Robert,aged 3, on the SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool4.4.42. He escaped Singapore <strong>to</strong> India – worked there then<strong>to</strong> Leicester 1944. He died 1989 Leicestershire.Evacuated with son Peter evacuated on Narkunda,arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.Evacuated with daughter Anne on Narkunda, arrivingFremantle WA 24.1.42. Then <strong>to</strong> NZ. Wfe of F.V. [Civilianinternee].b.1915 nee Hawkins. Wife of H.F.C. ‘Peter’ [FMSVFPOW] – married in Singapore 7.2.42. Sons William [Bill]& John. Daughter Diana. Died 1996 Kent.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Cairo then London. Wife of H.C.[1SSVF but civilian internee].Housewife & teacher. Evacuated aged 35, on the Empressof Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Twickenham,Middlesex then late 1942 <strong>to</strong> teach in Tanganyika – GovtGirls School for Africans, Tabora. Wife of K.D.[1FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post-war:Daughter Carolyn.b. Tauranga, Auckland NZ. Educated St John’s College,Auckland. NZ. Govt Service 1906-1912. SingaporeArchitect with Swan & McLaren 1918. Senior Partner,Swan & McLaren 1923- Commodore, Royal SingaporeFlying Club 1932-35 – owner of a private au<strong>to</strong>gyro. Sq.Ld MVAF.Evacuated 13.2.42 on Kedah Died 27.1.54Singapore General HospitalLUNDON Mrs Lena Louise and daughters incl.Kate Bardwell Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia on Empire Star& Plancius. Wife of F.G. Lived at 3 Cluny Hill, Singaporethen retired <strong>to</strong> Lydwicke, Slinfold, Sussex. Died 8.1.65Sussex.LUTKIN William MBE 1947LYALL Mrs ChristinaLYE Donovan Henry CharlesLYMBERY Mrs Zeala WakefordLYNE Mrs ElsieSea Captain, Master of the Darvel SSC x 2 <strong>to</strong> Bataviathen <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife Margory & daughter Rosemaryevacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.Evacuated, aged 33, on the Empress of Japan. ArrivedLiverpool 19.3.42. To Renfrew. Wife of W.E. [Civilianinternee].To Malaya 1922 aged 26. Osborne & Chappel, 2 StationRd, Ipoh. RAFVR <strong>to</strong> Lt 107435 in Royal Engineers27.11.39. Evacuated. Arrived Fremantle WA on theZaandam 6.3.42.b.1899. Evacuated. Wife of M. [Civilian internee].Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. Died 2.94 Torbay,Devon.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Melbourne. Wife of R. [2SSVF POW].Returned <strong>to</strong> YMCA Malaya 1946. Retired <strong>to</strong>Abergavenny 1968 where Elsie died 2.11.68.


LYON Mrs GabrielleLYONS HarryLYONS Mrs LeNoreLYONS James ‘Jim’MACAULEY Alan N.MACCALLUM AlexMACCALLUM Mrs GladysMACCOMBIE Alexanderb.1914. French wife of Captain Ivan Lyon, GordonHighlanders. Evacuated with son Clive b.1941 onNarkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Ship <strong>to</strong> SAlater intercepted by German Merchant Raider andGabrielle and Clive interned at Fukushima, Japan.b.1872 Hull. After numerous adventures at sea became aMaster Mariner in 1893 aged 21. Senior Officer, EasternShipping Company. Married Mary Flanagan 1906Singapore. Children Elizabeth [1908-1954], Henryb.1910, Donald b.1914, James b.1913, Mary ‘Molly’b.1919 and George Patrick b.1920 – see above. Retired inPenang 1932 but recalled 1939 as RNR Captain 2 nd BoardOfficer, Marine Dept, Penang. Evacuated with family onNarkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Died 17.9.46Rayleigh, Essex. Wife Mary died 13.1.61 [75] Keass<strong>to</strong>ke,Somerset.Wife of Harry. Evacuated on Narkunda with Mrs Maryand girls Mary [Molly] & Elizabeth [Betty] and Mr. J. &Mr H. Lyons. Arrived Fremantle WA 24.1.42.Son of Harry. Inspec<strong>to</strong>r of Police, Straits Settlements,Penang. Evacuated with family on Narkunda, arrivingFremantle WA 24.1.42.Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum, Collyer Quay, Singapore. Son born1937 Singapore. Escaped on launch Mutiara <strong>to</strong> Sumatra 13.2.42.To Ceylon then Durban SA. Joined wife in Egypt?Engineer, Ladang Geddes Estate, NS [Dunlops] Evacuated <strong>to</strong>Australia. Died 23.9.54 Vic<strong>to</strong>riaEvacuated, aged 44, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool19.3.42. To Aberdeen. Wife of A.I. [4SSVF POW].Assistant Planter, Craigielea Rubber Plantations Ltd, Bukit Pasir,Muar, Johore [1935 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry] then Manager, Sungei BahruRubber Estate Ltd, Malacca. Aged 44 in 1942. Wife evacuated <strong>to</strong>Durban SA. He escaped Singapore 2.42. Arrived Fremantle WA6.3.42 on the Zaandam.MACDONALD Mrs Catherine Robins Housewife aged 34 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchessof Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Edinburgh.MACDONALD Mrs CeciliaHousewife aged 42 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Glasgow.MACDONALD Ms Christine & Ms Helen Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.MACDONALD Mrs RubyEvacuated with children <strong>to</strong> Edinburgh. Wife of D.E.M.[3FMSVF POW].MACDONALD Mrs Ada Florence T. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Mosman NSW. Wife of G.D. [Kedah VolunteerForce]. Ada died 19.6.1967 Bathurst NSW.MACDONALD Mrs NellaEvacuated. Wife of H.S. [JVE POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya1946.MACDONALD Ian Davidson CPM 1954 b.1909. Assistant SuperIntendent of Police OCPD Klang.


Cricket & Rugby player. Left Singapore 13.2.42 with other Policeofficers [‘the 17’]. Arrived Fremantle WA 2.3.42 on Mangola.Wife Stella Millicent nee Shepard [married 1936 Klang, Selangor]evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Post-war Deputy CPO Selangor/AssistantCommissioner, Federation of Malaya Police. Retired after 25 yearsPolice Service 1954. 1961: living in Seaford, Sussex. He died 1985East Sussex.MACDOUGALL Mrs KathleenMACFARLANE DouglasMACFARLANE Mrs Ena MayEvacuated with daughter Elie [born 17.2.41 KL] evacuated onOrion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of G.F. [1SSVFPOW].Planter, Kapala Island Estate [1935 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry] then Gan KeeEstate. 2nd Lt Intelligence Corps 19.12.41. Japanese interpreter.Escaped <strong>to</strong> Sumatra. On the Zaandam arriving Fremantle WA7.3.42. Wife evacuated.Secretary aged 22 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Greenock, Scotland. Wife ofI.P. [SSVF POW].MACFARLANE Mrs Katherine Betty Housewife aged 30 in 1942. Evacuated with son Brian, aged 1,on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. ToStrabanem, Co. Tyrone.MACFARLANE Ms Olive L.MACGREGOR Mrs R.G.S.Trained at Middlesex Hospital 1934 then Glasgow RoyalInfirmary. To Malaya 1939 as Colonial Nursing Sister at theGeneral Hospital, KL then Singapore. Killed in Japanese air attack13.2.42[27] while boarding KualaEvacuated <strong>to</strong> UK. Husband a civilian interneeMACINDOE A. Evacuated on Centaur, arriving Fremantle WA 13.1.42.MACINERNY Mrs Helene Pauline Evacuated. Wife of G.C. [Selangor LDC/Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.MACINNES Mrs NorahEvacuated with daughters Rhona & Ailsa on Charon, arrivingFremantle WA 13.1.42. Wife of D. [1SSVF POW].MACINTYRE Robert Dudgeon BSc b.1904. From Islay, Argyllshire. Educated George Watson’sCollege & Edinburgh University. To Malaya 1927 as AssistantEngineer PWD FMS KL. By 1940 Executive Engineer PWD.Married Beatrice Mary Inglis 1934 Penang. Captain VF evacuated<strong>to</strong> Padang, Colombo then India. Retired <strong>to</strong> Manly, Australia. Died19.7.72.MACK Mrs Dorothy LauraMACK Mrs Ethel MayEvacuated with son J.J. on Aorangi, arriving FremantleWA 23.1.42. Wife of D.G. [Civilian internee].Housewife aged 54 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Southgate, London. Wife of E.W.[RAFVR POW].MACKAY Mrs A.M. Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.MACKAY Charles HammondPlanter Manager, Lunas Rubber Estates Ltd, Lunas, KedahEvacuated with wife Barbara and children Babs, Betty, Josephine,Naomi 16.1.42 on the Aoranji. Arrived Adelaide 29.1.42.Returned <strong>to</strong> Lunas Estate postwar.


Amy evacuated with 3 sons , aged 8, 5 & 2, <strong>to</strong> Batavia then <strong>to</strong>Sydney – arrived 20.1.42.MACKINTOSH Mrs DaphneHousewife aged 30 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Hitchin, Herts.MACKINTOSH Mrs M. Evacuated with daughter V. & son Ian <strong>to</strong> WA. Wife of Dr. I.[FMSVF POW].MACKINTOSH JamesMACLACHLAN Mrs BetTo Malaya 1928 aged 21. Assistant Planter. New Columbia Estate,Ayer Tawah, Lower Perak. [1935 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry]. Dalforce. Returned<strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946: Sungei Bruas Estate, Bruas, Perak. Still there1952. Wife Annie Elizabeth – see above.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of I.A. [Civilian internee].MACLACHLAN Mrs Marion ‘Minnie’ Evacuated with daughter Jean on Charon, arriving FremantleWA 18.1.42. Wife of J.B. Minnie died 12.12.1964 Dublin.MACLACHLAN Mrs EileenMACLAREN Mrs Ethel MaryMACLAUGHLIN Mrs DoreenMACLAUGHLIN Mrs AliceMACLEAN James AngusEvacuated, aged 32, <strong>to</strong> Scotland with children Eileen Patricia,James Boyd & Jean, aged 9,8 & 11. Wife of P.Evacuated, aged 45 in 1942. Children John, aged 10, & Rosemary,aged 8. Wife of W. de B. 1953: resident in Kenilworth, UKEvacuated with children <strong>to</strong> Melbourne. Wife of J.E. [3SSVFPOW].Evacuated. Wife of W.H. [4FMSVF POW].To Malaya 1929 aged 21.. Manager, Sime Darby&Co. Ltd, BirchRd, Ipoh. Evacuated on Gorgon. Arrived Fremantle WA 20.2.42.MACLENNAN Mrs Kathleen ‘Kayu’ Evacuated. Wife of A.M. Son Hamish b.1946 Edinburgh..MACLENNAN George Gor<strong>to</strong>nMACLENNAN Mrs NancyMACLEOD DonaldMACLEOD John GlenaraMACLEOD Mrs J.J.MACMILLAN Mrs JoyceMACMILLAN Mrs E.F.from Edinburgh. Assistant, the Straits Trading Co. Ltd, Penangthen Ocean Building, Singapore. Married Helen Beattie Dunlop1938 Penang. Sgt 7146 1FMSVF on the Celia out of Singapore14.2.42. Then on the Dumeyer van Twist. Reached Australia.Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1947 with children Mhoire b.1941 & Georgeb.1943.Evacuated with son Euan. Wife of H.I. [JVE /1 st Mysores POW].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.To Malaya 1930 aged 21.Sgt 7747 1FMSVF on the Celia out ofSingapore 14.2.42. Arrived Fremantle WA on the Zaandam7.3.42.To Malaya 1924 aged 23. Captain Penang Swimming Club.Captain 3SSVF Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Padang then India then Sydney.Wife W.M. evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sydney pre-hostilities.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Natal SA. Husband a civilian internee.Evacuated, aged 36, <strong>to</strong> SA. Wife of I.C. [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Evacuated with son J.D. & daughter M. <strong>to</strong> Australia pre-hostilities.Wife of R.C. [Civilian internee]. .


MACNAB Mrs R.A.MACNAB Mrs ColMACNAMARA Mrs CherrieMACNAIR Mrs Pearl ElizabethEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Edinburgh. Wife of Dr R.A. [Civilian internee].Evacuated on Westpoint. Wife of J.D. [2FMSVF POW]..Evacuated. Wife of E.T. [Civilian internee].Schoolteacher aged 28 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Haltwhistle,Northumberland.MACNAMEE William Alexander Claude b.1902 Penang. Planter, Jabor Valley Estate, BukitMertajam Rubber Co.Ltd, Kuantan. Reported [wrongly] murderedby Japanese at Kuantan 12.41. 2 nd Lt 4FMSVF. Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong>Padang then India. Wife Gladys, aged 35 in 1942, evacuated withchildren Susan & Timothy. He received an EmergencyCommission 4.4.42. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya with BMA 1945.Returned <strong>to</strong> Jabor Valley Estate 1946.MACPHERSON Catherine Munro from Worthing Sussex. Trained at Middlesex Hospitl 1934.Colonial Service Nursing Sister, Singapore General Hospital.Survived the Kuala sinking 14.2.42 but lost at sea 17.2.42[27] onthe Tanjoeng PinangMACPHERSON Mrs I.A.MACPHERSON Mrs SheilaMACK Mrs D.L.MACQUEEN Mrs N.F.MADDEN Mrs DorisMADDEN Lewis John ButlerMADDERN G.MADOC Mrs NancyMAGGS Mrs Kim LanMAGILL Mrs IsabelMAGNAY Mrs Vera RidleyEvacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of DrD.R. [FMSVF/RAMC POW].Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA23.1.42. To Vic<strong>to</strong>ria. Wife of J. [Civilian internee].Evacuated with son J.J. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA23.1.42. Wife of D.G.Evacuated with daughter J.M. and son D.S. on Aorangi, arrivingFremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of S.Y. [Perak LDC/Civilianinternee].Evacuated with son D. and daughter J. on Orion, arrivingFremantle WA 6.1.42.of Taiping, Perak. A founder member of Taiping Rotary Club1936. Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the Vyner BrookeMining Engineer, Tronoh Mines. 2nd Engineer Thepsatri- Nawa1943: in Tasmaniab.1909 Evacuated 30.1.42 with son David, aged 5, on theEmpress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Guildford,Surrey. Wife of Guy [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya1950. Daughter Fenella.Evacuated, aged 36, with son Frederick, aged 1, on the Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Maids<strong>to</strong>ne, Kent. Wife ofF.J.B. [Civilian internee]..Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of G.N. [Civilian internee].Son Denis Napier.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of G.E. [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1947. Son David Edgar b.1942.


MAHONEY John B.Sc AMICEMAIN Charles Thomasb.1902. Educated Bishop Auckland Grammar School & ArmstrongCollege, Durham University. To Malaya 1929 as AssistantEngineer FMS Railways. By 1940 District Engineer FMSRailways, KL. Joined Army 1.42? Evacuated 13.2.42WWI Service RE. 1914-1918. Deputy Surveyor-General, Malaya.28 years service in the Surveys Dept. Lost at sea 28.2.42 on theBan Ho Guan off Sumatra.MAIR Mrs Edith Evacuated pre-hostilities with daughter R. <strong>to</strong> WA on Charon 4.41.Wife of A.O. [FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.MAITLAND Mrs Beatrice Patricia ‘Paddy’ Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Wife of H. [POW].MALCOLM Alexander of Malcolm & Co. HKSH Bank, Singapore. Lost at sea 15.2.42[54] on the SS RedangMALCOLM Mrs ChristinaMALCOLM Mrs ConstanceMALET Mrs SusanMALET Mrs HettyMALLARD Mrs CatherineHousewife aged 36 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japanwith daughter Joan, aged 5. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. ToGorebridge, Midlothian. Wife of A.G. [Perak LDC/MAS/Civilian internee].Wife of A. Lost at sea 15.2.42 on the SS RedangEvacuated <strong>to</strong> SA with daughters Susan & Jennifer [in Mauritiussince 1940]. Wife of H.F.G. [4FMSVF POW].Evacuated. Wife of N.W. [KVF but Civilian internee].Returned briefly <strong>to</strong> Malaya postwar then retired <strong>to</strong> Isle ofWight.Evacuated with infant son Chris<strong>to</strong>pher Jan on Charon, arrivingFremantle WA 18.1.42. Wife of R.F.[Civilian internee].MALLARD Francis Allan FRIBA b.1896. Educated the Architectural Association School ofArchitecture, London. WW1 Service 1915-1918. To Malaya1921 as Assistant Architect PWD FMS. By 1940 PWD Architect,Singapore then Taiping, Perak. Evacuated on the tug Trebova.Wife Margaret L, aged 42, <strong>to</strong> Australia 5.41.MALLESON Mrs NancyMALLON PatrickMALMANCHE E.V. deMAN Frank Ot<strong>to</strong> S<strong>to</strong>eEvacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of B.K. [Perak LDC/SingaporeObserver Corps/Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.b. 1899 Cincinnati, Ohio USA. Educated the Taft School and YaleUniversity. American Vice-Consul at Singapore/SS. Member ofthe Tanglin Club. Lived at 4 Watten Estate, Singapore. EvacuatedAssistant, Traffic Section, Wharf Dept, Singapore Harbour Board.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India. Wife Marjory a Sumatra internee.Returned <strong>to</strong> Singapore 1947.b..1914 Hankow, China. Assistant, Bousteads, Singapore thenBousteads, Tumpat, Kelantan 1939 before returning <strong>to</strong> Singapore.Sub-Lt SS RNVR/ MRNVR 1 st Officer, HMS Penghambat – sunk10.2.42. Transferred <strong>to</strong> HMS Malacca. Escaped Singapore 14.2.42<strong>to</strong> Sumatra then Tjilitjap. Left here 26.2.42 on the coastal steamerKhoen Hoea. Arrived Australia. Returned <strong>to</strong> Bousteads postwar.Married 1947 in Ipoh, Gordon Reis’ daughter Sheila Allwyne [b.


1922 George<strong>to</strong>wn, Penang. died 30.7.2001 Petersfield]. ChildrenJohn & David. F.O.S. died 4.1.86 Bramshott, HantsMANASSEH Mrs T.E. Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.MANCHESTER Henry LewisMANGE Mrs Marie LouiseMANKIN Mrs EvaMANN Mrs D.A.MANN Mrs G.E.MANN Mrs JeanMANN Mrs JuliaMANSFIELD Mrs DorothyMANSON Mrs Dorothy.MARCH Mrs Beryl IreneMARCUS Mrs P.MARKHAM Mrs Mae LesleyMARKHAM Mrs D.A.Deputy Treasurer, Municipality, Singapore. To WA on Charon,arriving Fremantle WA 11.12.41. Wife Lily [nee Hughes]; childrenAnne, Audrey & John [b.1925 Singapore]. Retired <strong>to</strong>Chorleywood, Herts. Died 21.2.70.Evacuated with sons <strong>to</strong> India then the UK. Wife of R. [MRNVRPOW].Evacuated with children John & Yvonne 12.41 <strong>to</strong> Australia onOrion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of J.M. [3SSVF].Evacuated with son C.A.on Aorngi, arriving Fremantle WA23.1.42. To Sydney. Wife of D.L.[2FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Singapore 1946.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK with children Doreen & Peter.Husband in 2FMSVF but a civilian internee.Wife of C.E.T. [2FMSVF POW]. Evacuated on the Empire Starthen Plancius. Arrived Bombay. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Housewife aged 44 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Banff, Scotland.Evacuated with daughter G. on Orion, arriving FremantleWA 6.1.42. Wife of H. [Civilian internee].Evacuated with daughters S.& J. <strong>to</strong> WA on Charon 6.41.Wife ofH.J. [FMSVF POW]. Son James Laird.Housewife aged 27 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To London. Wife of V.A.[FMSVF POW].Evacuated.Evacuated, aged 34, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool19.3.42. To Cheshire . Wife of G.W. [JVE POW].Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. ToVancouver, Canada. Wife of H.H.W.MARKHAM Mrs Bridget Nora ‘Biddy’ Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Chelsea UK. Wife of R.F.C. [MVAF <strong>to</strong>RAFVR].MARR T. [Tommy]2nd officer Siang WoMARRIOTT Mrs Alice Nicholson Evacuated on Empire Star with son Ronald Charles. ArrivedFremantle WA 23.2.42.MARRIOTT Mrs JoanMARRIOTT Mrs T.Evacuated ,aged 29, on the Empress of Japan with daughterPhillipa, aged 10. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Five Ashes,Sussex. Wife of P.B. [Civilian internee].A dancer at the Cathay Café, Singapore, evacuated on the


Plancius. Husband RNVR.MARSDEN Mrs MadgeMBC Evacuated on Siang Wo then Anderson's yacht White Swanthen Carimon then City of ManchesterMARSDEN Mrs M. Evacuated with son R. on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.MARSH Mrs Fanny.Evacuated, aged 34, with Mrs P. Marsh and Ms J. & Master R. onOrion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.MARSHALL Betty Kathleen, Lillian Irene & Pamela May evacuated on Empire Star, arrivingFremantle WA 23.2.42.MARSHALL Mrs EdnaMARSHALL Mrs EstelleMARSHALL Mrs AnnieMARSHALL Mrs J.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India. Wife of E.A. [1SSVF POW].Widow aged 54 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Aberdeen.Evacuated with daughter K. on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA20.2.42. Wife of F.P. [Civilian internee].Evacuated with daughter H. and sons P. & T. on Orion, arrivingFremantle WA 6.1.42.MARSHALL John Colin Keswick b.1906 Kensing<strong>to</strong>n. Educated in schools in China and Japanthen St John’s College Oxford and Imperial Forestry Institute,Oxford. Forestry Officer FMS from 1928 for 14 years: SeniorConserva<strong>to</strong>r of Forests SS & FMS. Joined FMSVF 1929. DistrictForest Officer, Pahang. Major CO Special Pla<strong>to</strong>on 1FMSVF <strong>to</strong> 2i/c Dalforce.Led Recce Missions for AIF in Johore 1.42. Escaped14.2.42 <strong>to</strong> Sumatra then on the Wu Chang from Padang <strong>to</strong>Colombo. To India. Various Forestry posts worldwide, returning <strong>to</strong><strong>Malayan</strong> Forest Dept Ipoh 1951. Wife Mary Children WilliamBlake & Caroline. Died 24.11.60 Kumasi, Ghana.MARSTRAND Mrs ValborgEvacuated with daughter Valborg Marie on Aorangi, arrivingFremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of T. [ LDC/ Norwegian civilianinternee]. To Bendigo then settled in Tasmania post war.MARTIN Eric Evacuated on the Scott Harley 12.2.42MARTIN Eliza Evacuated on the Scott Harley 12.2.42MARTIN Mrs E.Evacuated with Mrs Vera., Ms S. and Masters K. & D. on Orion.Arrived Fremantle WA 6.1.42.MARTIN Mrs Hilda Violette Marie Evacuated, aged 43, on Gorgon with daughter C.J. & son An<strong>to</strong>nyHugh, aged 10. Arrived Fremantle WA 20.2.42.MARTIN Mrs Joyce ElizabethMARTIN Mrs MarthaMARTIN Mrs M.Wife of E.A. [Civilian internee]. Evacuated with daughter I. onDemodocus. Arrived Fremantle WA 28.7.42. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya1947.Evacuated with son David on Narkunda. Arrived Fremantle WA24.1.42.Evacuated , aged 31, with son Keith, aged 1, <strong>to</strong> Batavia then <strong>to</strong>Sydney, arriving 26.1.42 on the Van Heutsz.MARTIN William Brether<strong>to</strong>n 'Paddy' Son of a Penang barrister. Manager, Sungei Papan


Estate [Anglo-Java Company], S. Johore. Lt JVE. Major, SpecialPolice 1941. Escaped from Pengarang, Johore in a 30 ft boat16.2.42. To Pulau Bintan – left there 17.2.42 on a governmentsteamer <strong>to</strong> Sumatra. Reached Padang. On the SS Dumeyer VanTwist <strong>to</strong> Tjilitjap. Arrived Australia 29.4.42. Joined Indian ArmyEngineers. Missing, presumed killed,25.1.45.MARTINDELL Mrs MaryMARTINE Mrs PatMASNER A.MASON Mrs ElizabethMASON Mrs ElsieMASON Mrs H.R.F.Evacuated, aged 36, with daughter Ann, aged 9, on the Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Abergavenny,Monmouthshire. Wife of Dr. E.W.Evacuated with two daughters. Rescued by flying boat at Pontianakand eventually reached Sydney, Australia. Wife of T.C. [Civilianinternee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Sarawak post war. Son Roddy born atKuching postwar - he wrote ‘Scorpion on the Ceiling.’.among 370 Americans in Singapore. Evacuated.Housewife aged 45 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japanwith daughter Elizabeth, aged 19. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42.To Renfrew.Housewife aged 60 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Bedford. Wife of H.E.M.[Civilian internee]. Elsie living at Basings<strong>to</strong>ke, Hants 1947.Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Padang then <strong>to</strong> Meerut, India. Husband inEast Surreys/SSVF.MASON Mrs I. Mrs. N. and Ms G. Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.MASEFIELD Mrs VeronicaMASSAWA Ms T.MASSIE Mrs MariannaMATHER Mrs DorothyMATHEWS Mrs Enid JoanMATHEWS Mrs EileenEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Sevenoaks UK. Wife of J.B. [Malay RegimentPOW]. Daughters born 1942 & 1947..Colonial Service Nursing Sister. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sumatra. On HMSDragon from Padang 1.3.42 then HMAS Hobart 3.3.42 <strong>to</strong> ColomboHousewife aged 40 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Tarves, Aberdeenshire. Wife ofG. [JVE POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.aged 25 and child aged 3. Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the KualaHousewife aged 27 in 1942, evacuated with daughter Deidre, aged1, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. ToSwindon, Wiltshire.Evacuated. Wife of G.S. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Children Doreen & Brian.MATTHEWS Noel Walter Louis B.Sc AMICE from Rickmansworth. Assistant Civil Engineer, HMSingapore Naval Base. Lost at sea 15.2.42[31] on SS AquariusMATTHEWS Mrs Louise Reine Ainee Housewife aged 47 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To South Holmwood nearDorking.MATUSIAK Ms LeokadjaPolish lady Electrical & Musical Industries[China] SingaporeEscaped Singapore in a Chinese junk 14.2.42. Arrived Fremantleon the Zandaam.


MAVOR Mrs IreneMAXEY Ronald JohnMAXWELL Mrs PhrenaMAXWELL Mrs MarionMAYCOCK Mrs JoyceEvacuated. Wife of G.H.S. [Civilian internee].Assistant, <strong>Malayan</strong> Tobacco Distribu<strong>to</strong>rs Ltd, 11 Keppel Rd,Singapore. Aged 25 in 1942. Sgt Pilot 657 MVAF A Flight.Reached the UK 8.42. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946 with wife EmilyRose and children Caroline Anne b.1943, Roderic John b.1944 &Catrina Louise b.1946.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. Wife of A.C. [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> the Far East post war. Children Robert & PamelaEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Melbourne. Wife of A.M. [VF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of R.N.A. [LDC/ObserverCorps/Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.MAYGER Frank James Lanham ‘Jimmy’ MC 1916. b.1892 Bur<strong>to</strong>n-on-Trent. WW1 Service: 2 nd Lt<strong>to</strong> Captain, South Wales Borderers. Wounded. Served in SVC1920s. Partner, the Scientific Instrument Company, FinlaysonGreen, Singapore [1935 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry] then Proprie<strong>to</strong>r, ScotiaLubricating Oil Company & Scotia Importing Company. FinlaysonGreen, Singapore. Committee Member, Singapore Cricket Club.Straits Settlement Volunteer Police. Lost at sea 14.2.42 on HMSScorpionMAYGER Mrs Mary. Wife of F.J.L. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Aged 50 in 1942.Children Joan, aged 12, & An<strong>to</strong>ny Douglas, aged 10.MAYO Mrs EdnaMAYO Mrs Irene RuthMAYSON Mrs MaudeMAYSON Mrs Maude JessieEvacuated. Wife of F.C. [VF <strong>to</strong> AASC POW].Housewife aged 26 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Stanmore, Middlesex.Evacuated with children Jenny & Barry. Wife of T.H.N.[3FMSVF POW].Evacuated. Wife of W.J.. [Civilian internee].McALPINE Mrs Jean. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Later <strong>to</strong> UK. Wife of T.McARA Mrs Florence Edith ‘Wally’ Evacuated, aged 31, with baby son [b.1940 Malacca] &daughter [b.1939 Penang] <strong>to</strong> Sydney. Wife of F.J. [1SSVF POW].McCARDLE Mrs Muriel Evacuated, aged 47, with son Peter aged 9. Wife of J.McARTHUR Mrs RuthEvacuated <strong>to</strong> NZ with children Rhona and twins Deidre and Gail.Wife of C.R. [2 FMSVF <strong>to</strong> 2A&SH POW]. Son b.1946 Stirling.McARTHUR William Herbert CA Partner, Derrick & Co., Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Singapore.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sydney on Empire Star, arriving 23.2.42. Wife Peggylost at sea 2.42? He died 20.5.57 [61] Singapore General HospitalMcAULEY Robert George Douglas Planter Manager, Paya Kamunting Estate & RiversideEstate, Bedong, Kedah. Escaped Singapore as a s<strong>to</strong>waway on theEmpress of Japan. Detained at Liverpool? Returned <strong>to</strong> PayaKamunting Estate, Kedah 1946. Still there 1952.McCAFFERY Mrs Hermina M.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Husband F.A. a civilian internee.


McCALL Mr & Mrs M.McCALL Mrs MaryeMcCALLUM Douglas MMcCARDLE James M.McLAREN ReidMcCARTHY .Mrs T.McCAUSLAND W.A.McCOMBIE Alex DCM MMEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA.Evacuated with infant son Andrew <strong>to</strong> Sydney, arriving on the Ruys20.1.42 then <strong>to</strong> Auckland, NZ. Wife of R.W.L. [3SSVF POW].Retuned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946. Son born 1949 Penang.Australian ABC <strong>to</strong> MBC Broadcaster. Evacuated 2.42. ArrivedFremantle WA 2.3.42 on Klang. Post war political scientist.Planter. General Manager, Gula Kalumpang Rubber Estates, ParitBuntar, Perak since 1937 and Sungei Tawar, Kedah. LeftSingapore 13.2.42 on the Kuala [sunk 14.2.42]. He reachedColombo. Wife evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA.Son Peter. Lived in Hale,CheshireCus<strong>to</strong>ms, Singapore attached <strong>to</strong> RAF evacuated <strong>to</strong> Batavia on theSS Ipoh 11.2.42Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Melbourne. Husband a 2FMSVF POW.Standard Oil Vacuum Company may have been lost on the SSAquarius 15.2.42Planter, Sungei Bahru Estate, Masjid Tanah, Malacca. EscapedSingapore 14.2.42 in a fishing smack. Joined wife Isobel Kathrine[nee Giles, married 1939 Malacca] in Durban SA. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya 1946: again, Sungei Bahru Estate.- still there 1952.Farming in Comrie, Perthshire then 1966 <strong>to</strong> Guernsey.McCONOCHY Miss E.F. Colonial Service Nursing Sister, Nyasaland <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1937:General Hospital JB. Died either 17.2.42 on the TanjoengPinang or in Sumatra captivityMcCONECHY Mrs Eilean Evacuated. Wife of F.M.G. [SRE[V] POW]. Eileen died 11.3.67Pietermaritzburg.McCONINGLEY Mrs J.McCRACKEN Douglas O.McCRACKEN Mrs Doris MayEvacuated. Husband a ISSVF POW. Daughter Mary Lou.from Perth WA. Sub-Lt MRNVR Lost at sea 15.2.42 Banka StraitsEvacuated <strong>to</strong> NSW. Wife of H.M.G. [1FMSVF].McCRAE William Moir MM b.1894. Educated Aberdeen Grammar School. WW1 Service 1914-1919 Royal Engineers. To Malaya 1920 as Engineer-Surveyor. By1940 Senior Executive Engineer, PWD Kedah. VF Evacuated 2.42<strong>to</strong> India. Returned post war <strong>to</strong> Khota Bahru. Daughter Jean.McCREADIE Mrs L.McCROW James Smith ‘Jimmy’McCUFFIN Mrs MaryEvacuated on the Duchess of Bedford. Wife of G.W. [1SSVFPOW].Manager, Heawood Tin and Rubber Estate, Sungei Siput, Perak.Son Ian, a planter, mortally wounded in Malaya. J.S. & wife Hildaevacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. He died 4.62 Carnoustie, Angus.Evacuated. Wife of J. [Civilian internee].McCULLOCH Mrs Florence Louisa Housewife aged 41 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Bol<strong>to</strong>n, Lancashire.McCULLOCH Mrs C.M. ‘Babs’Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Wife of G.T. [Civilian internee].


Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.McCUTHEON Mrs Dorothy Rose Evacuated. Wife of H.W.C. [3FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya 1946. Son Richard.McDIARMID David Middle<strong>to</strong>n BSc OBE 1952 CBE b.1898. Educated Daniel Stewart’s College,Edinburgh & Edinburgh University. To Malaya 1924 as AssistantEngineer FMS Lower Perak. Lt FMSVF [1937]. By 1940 PWDSenior Executive Engineer, Waterworks KL District. Wife ElsieMargaret evacuated. Major Singapore RE. Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong>Padang, Java then on the Wu Chang <strong>to</strong> Ceylon. Post-war Direc<strong>to</strong>rof Public Works, Malaya. Retired <strong>to</strong> Balerno, Midlothian. Elsiedied 13.11.65 Edinburgh.McDIARMID Miss M.McDERMOTT Mrs WinifredMcDONALD Alma JoyceNursing Sister, General Hospital KL. Evacuated.Evacuated with children, Graham & Winnie, <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. Wife ofW.T. [MAS/Civilian internee].Signalwoman FMSVF. Evacuated.McDONALD Ms C.H. [C.F.?] Colonial Service Nursing Sister. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Padang 2.42then <strong>to</strong> India. Continued nursing in Kenya.McDONALD Ian AlexanderMcDOUGALL Mrs Dorisb.1911. To Malaya 1935. Assistant Planter, Muar River Estate,Batu Anam, Johore. Sapper 959 JVE then 2nd Lt JVE/101 SpecialTraining School <strong>to</strong> Company Commander, Dalforce. EscapedSingapore 2.42 on a river launch. Arrived Pekanbaroe, Sumatra18.2.42. HMS Danae <strong>to</strong> Java then Wu Chang <strong>to</strong> Ceylon [survived a<strong>to</strong>rpedo attack]. L/Bombardier Indian Army. EmergencyCommission 13.8.42. Joined Force 136 in India – parachuted in<strong>to</strong>Gombok Forest Reserve, Selangor 24.7. 45. 17 page account atIWM 01/10/1.Evacuated. Wife of J.R. Daughters Helen, Anthea & Susan.McEACHERN Mrs Catherine Kitty Wife of T.C. Lost at sea 14.2.42[44] on KualaMcEACHERN Thomas GrayMcELWAINE Lady MadgeMcKEOWN Mrs WinifredMcEVETT Mrs MarjorieMcEVOY Mrs GladysMcFALL John LyndMcFARLANE Mrs JoanMcFIE George MelroseAssistant Mechanical Engineer, Pahang Consolidated Co.Ltd.Lost at sea 14.2.42 [43] on KualaEvacuated. Wife of Sir P.A. [Civilian prominente internee].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia then Jo’burg SA. Husband William acivilian internee.Evacuated with daughter Anne. Wife of J.C. [SSVF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA with children Pat, Jim & Rosemary.Wife of J.A. [3SSVF POW].To Malaya 1916 aged 27. District Judge SS. Police Magistrate SSSingapore. Chairman, Board of Licensing Justices. He and wifeJean evacuated <strong>to</strong> Tjilitjap, Java then Autralia. Later <strong>to</strong> UK.Returned <strong>to</strong> Singapore 1947.Evacuated. Wife of D.D. [1SSVF POW]. Daughters Helen &Margaret.Engineer, Ladang Geddes Estate, [Dunlops] Malacca. Formerly


B Company, Depot Battalion 3FMSVF Port Dickson.2nd Engineer Edendale - reached Fremantle 3.42McGANN Mrs JeanMcGLADDERY Mrs NoraMcGRATH Ms MollieMcGREGOR Mrs Ella C.McGREGOR Mrs E.McGREGOR Mrs JoanMcGUBBINS Mrs JessieMcGUFFIN Mrs MaryMcHOUL Mrs MaryMcHUGH James N. BEngMcILVEAN Mrs AnneMcINTOSH Ms Adeline MaryMcINTOSH Mrs D.McINTYRE Robert D.McKAY Ms Jeannie PattersonMcKENDRICK Mrs PhoebeMcKENZIE Mrs K.G.McKERN Mrs MaryEvacuated. Wife of T.J. [LDC/Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya post war.Evacuated. Wife of H.M.[RAMC but civilian internee].Matron and Proprietress, ‘Cairn Holm’ 55 Cairnhill Rd, Singapore.Left Singapore 12.2.42 on the Empire Star <strong>to</strong> BataviaAged 35 in 1942. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Wife of J. [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.Housewife aged 23 in 1942. Evacuated with son Robert, aged 3, onthe Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Bridge ofDon, Aberdeenshire.Wife of D.M.R. Nursing Sister.Evacuated. Wife of J. [Civilian internee].Evacuated, aged 34,on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool19.3.42. To Glasgow. Wife of F.P. [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya post war.PWD Water Engineer KL attached <strong>to</strong> 13 Auxill Pioneers AIFAged 33 in 1942. Left Singapore on the Kuala 13.2.42 [sunk] thenHMS Hobart - developed typhus - <strong>to</strong> Colombo then <strong>to</strong> Perth WAon the Ka<strong>to</strong>ombaEvacuated, aged 35, with son Dale, aged 10. Wife of Dr D.D.[Civilian internee].Nursing Sister aged 32 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Falkirk, Scotland.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Dundee. Husband a 3SSVF POW.Captain PWD KL Town, Selangor [1935 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry] then PWDBatang Padang, Perak [1940 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry]. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Padang then<strong>to</strong> India. Wife Beatrice Mary evacuated. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1948.Presbyterian Mission, 9-11 Adam Rd, Singapore. Aged 65 in1942. Evacuated.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Melbourne. Wife of J.L. [JVE POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SAEvacuated <strong>to</strong> WA then London. Wife of Dr A.S. [Civilianinternee].McKERRON Patrick Alexander Bruce ‘Pat’ b.1896. Educated Fettes College and AberdeenUniversity. Cadet Straits Settlements 1920. DO Nibong Tebal1924. British Resident, Brunei 1929. Secretary, RetrenchmentCommittee FMS 1932. Married Marjorie Rettie. Son born 1934Penang. Acting Commissioner of Lands and Mines, Trengganu


1936. Acting British Adviser, Trengganu 1937-8. MCS ManpowerOffice then Chief Censor Singapore. Escaped Singapore 15.2.42 onthe Kembong then SS Perth from Batavia. Arrived J’burg.Returned 1945 as Brigadier and Chief Civil Affairs Officer,British Military Administration. Commodore Singapore YachtClub 1947-1949. Died 1964. Daughter Jane married Brian WaldenMP. Son Colin.McKERROW Ronald Walter JPMcKINSTERY Mrs MargaretMcKINNON Ms J.McLACHLAN Mrs ElizabethMcLAREN Mrs Diana MaryMcLEAN Mrs J.McLELLAN Mrs DorothyMunicipal Commissioner. Direc<strong>to</strong>r, Paterson, Simons & Co.Ltd,Singapore. Board of Trustees, Singapore Improvement Trust.Lost at sea 13/14. 2.42.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK with daughter Elizabeth Geraldine b.1937.Wife of Thomas [MAS/Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya1947.Nursing Sister, Batu Gajah Hospital. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SAHousewife aged 45 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Grangemouth.Evacuated with son Malcolm [b.23.8.40] on the USS Wakefield.Wife of Moray [1SSVF POW].Evacuated. Husband a civilian internee. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malayapost war. Son Alexander b. Malaya 1922 and kia 10.44 as a Flyingofficer RAFVR.Evacuated with son Neill <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of A [see below].McLELLAN Archibald ‘Archie Mac’. Joined Mansfields c.1928. Manager, Mansfield & Co.Ltd/Straits Steamship Company, Penang. Member of Penang PilotBoard. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Singapore 12.41. Wife Dorothy [nee Turner]and son Neill evacuated <strong>to</strong> UK, he <strong>to</strong> Colombo. To Ministry ofTransport, Bombay then 1946 Singapore. Postwar Chairman ofMansfields till 1953 – responsible for its rehabilitation. Appointedits first Asian Assistant, Goh Kim Fook 1949. Member ofLegislative Council. Retired <strong>to</strong> Dunblane. Provost there for severalyears. Died 4.12.67 Dunblane. Dorothy died 2004 aged 100+McLEOD Mrs ElizabethMcLEOD Mrs RuthEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia with daughters Rhona & Alison. Wife ofAden [SSVF POW].Evacuated. Wife of Alexander. [3SSVF POW].McLEOD Mrs Emma Sinclair Wife of J.J. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.Son, Neil Patrick Sinclair.McLEOD Mrs G.G.L.McLEOD Mrs Joanna JuliaMcLEOD John JamesEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia then Auckland NZ. Husband a IFMSVFPOW.Housewife aged 42 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Uxbridge.Department Manager, Guthrie & Co. Ltd, 24 Battery Rd,Singapore. Committee member, Tanglin Club. Wife EmmaSinclair and children evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Captain SASC.Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Padang then SS Wu Chang <strong>to</strong> Colombo then <strong>to</strong>India/ Cape<strong>to</strong>wn / UK. Returned <strong>to</strong> Singapore 1946.


McLURE Ernest LucusCompany Representative, International Harvester Expri. Co.c/o United Engineers, Singapore. Evacuated 2.42 via Pom PongIsland <strong>to</strong> Padang then India. On the Mangola. Captain PWD??McMAHON Dr [Mrs] Mollie Hugo b.1906. To Malaya 1938. Lady Medical Officer, Infant WelfareCentre, Pahang. East. Evacuated with son M. & daughters Moira,Noreen, Patricia &Sheila on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.Wife of Dr J.E. [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1947.Died 2.2.1983 [82] Nedlands, Perth WA.McMAHON Gerald ManningDerrick & Co. Singapore. Left Singapore on Waterboat Daisy12.2.42. Picked up by Empire Star then on Plancius. ArrivedFremantle WA on the Zaandam 6.3.42.McMICHAEL Dr Susan MD MB BS [London] MRCS LRCP of Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Wife of W.A.[LDC/MAS/Civilian internee]. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> UK.McMULL1N Mrs DorisEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia then Joppa, Scotland. Wife of D. [MRNVRPOW]. Sons Dan & John, daughter Diana.McMULLAN Dr Elizabeth MRCS LRCP Lady Medical Officer, Women & Children’s Clinic, BatuPahat, Johore. Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Padang then HMS Dragon/HMAS Hobart 3.3.42 <strong>to</strong> Colombo. To India. Wife of W.[Civilianinternee].McNAUGHT Robert Milligan ‘Bob’Architect, Shipyard Dept, Tanjong Rhu, United Engineers.Aged 32 in 1942. Evacuated – joined wife Blanche Dominica‘Blanchie’ in Durban SA. Returned <strong>to</strong> Singapore 1947.McNEE Peter BSc AMICE CBE 1955.b.1904. Educated Clydebank High School & GlasgowUniversity. Chartered Civil Engineer. To Malaya 1927 as AssistantEngineer PWD FMS Selangor.. By 1940 PWD Drainage &Irrigation Engineer, South Selangor. Major SRE[V]. Wifeevacuated <strong>to</strong> SA. He was evacuated on the Wu Chang fromTjilatchap 27.2.42 <strong>to</strong> Colombo. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya. Post-war:Direc<strong>to</strong>r of Irrigation and Drainage 1949-55. Retired <strong>to</strong> Perth WA.Died there either 26.1.78 or 26.5.86.McNEE Samuel L. CAMcNEICE Mrs LolaMcNEILL Mrs N.F.McNEISH Mrs Catherine.Chartered Accountant,, Mansfield & Co.Ltd, Ocean Building,Collyer Quay, Singapore from 1932. 1SSVF ‘S’ Company.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India. Returned <strong>to</strong> Mansfields, Singapore post war.Evacuated, aged 28, with daughter Patricia, aged 4. Wife ofW.O.A. [SSVF POW].Evacuated with daughter Susan Jane b.1940. Husband, NeilFrancis a ISSVF POW.b.1893. Nee Griffiths. Educated Hengoed County School &Southlands College, London. To Malaya 1922 as AssistantMistress, Prep. School, Malay College, Kuala Kangsar. From 1937Principal, Pearl’s Hill School. Vice-President, Singapore TeachersAssociation. Evacuated.McNICOL Mrs Sara Evacuated. Wife of J. [Civilian internee]. Sara died 26.4.62 [78]Hatch End, Middlesex. .McPHEE Mrs T.M.McPHERSON Mrs HelenEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Giffnock, Scotland. Husband a civilian internee.Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Padang then India then UK. Wife of Dr D.R.


[FMSVF/RAMC POW].McPHERSON Mrs HelenMcSWAN Mrs NanMcTAVISH James A.McVILLY Mrs R.B.McWILLIAM Mrs JessieMEAD John Denys CBEMEADS Mrs FeliciteMEARS Mrs EthelMEGGS Mrs VioletMEIERS Mrs Helen AgnesMEIKLE Mrs Mary ‘Molly’MELDRUM Mrs M.MELIAR-SMITH Peter LHousewife aged 30 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Waldingham, Surrey.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Muckhart, Scotland. Wife of Dr D.M. [Civilianinternee]. Returned briefly <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946 then <strong>to</strong>Musselburgh, Scotland. Sons Douglas & Donald.Engineer, Wakefields Castrol. Chief Engineer Resang - leftSingapore 10.2.42. Aged 47 in 1942. Wife Jean P.; daughtersMarslaidh C. aged 9, & Catherine, aged 6.Evacuated 6.2.42 on the Felix Roussel <strong>to</strong> India. Husband anFMSVF POW. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Secretary aged 28 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Aberdeen.b.1901 Woodford Green, Essex. Educated Felsted School andCamborne School of Mines. Mining Engineer, Osborne & Chapel1924- at Station Rd, Ipoh. Admitted <strong>to</strong> Partnership 1930.President FMS Chamber of Mines 1934, Vice President 1936-7.Direc<strong>to</strong>r, Sungei Luas Tin Dredging Ltd. Member of FederalCouncil FMS & Perak State Council. Flying Officer MVAFEvacuated on HMS Danae 24.2.42. Returned <strong>to</strong> UK 11.8.42.Joined Air Transport Auxiliary.Returned <strong>to</strong> Osborne & Chappelpost-war. Retired <strong>to</strong> West Polegate, Sussex.. Died 27.9.80Eastbourne.Evacuated with children <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife of H.D. [FMSVFLight Battery POW].Housewife aged 44 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Aberdeen.Housewife aged 48 in 1942.Wife of G.S. Evacuated on theEmpress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Dalas<strong>to</strong>n, EastLondon.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Brisbane. Wife of J.W. [FMSVF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Edinburgh. Wife of R.H. [2FMSVF].Evacuated with daughter Melitza <strong>to</strong> Australia on Orion, arrivingFremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of R. [Civilian internee]. She alsobrought the Webber children aged 4 & 7<strong>Malayan</strong> Geological Service: Inspec<strong>to</strong>r of Mines. Married MargaretHatherley Wood 1941 Ipoh. Son born 9.42 Hobart, Tasmania.Major FMSVF <strong>to</strong> General List. Escaped Singapore 2.42MELROSE Mrs Kathleen Edith ‘Kay’ Evacuated, aged 36, on the Empress of Japan 1.42. ArrivedLiverpool 19.3.42. To Bol<strong>to</strong>n, Lancs. – died there 5.2004. Widowof J.H. who was killed by the Japanese 12.12.41.MELVILLE MalcolmSales Assistant, <strong>Malayan</strong> Breweries, 7 Trafalgar St, Singapore.[1935 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry]. Wife M.E. in Perth 1945. Lt MRNVR HMSAnking Lost at sea 4.3.42


MENARY Mrs EmmaMENZIES Mrs MarieMEREDITH Mrs EileenEvacuated with son Billy, aged 2, on the Orion <strong>to</strong> Sydney.Wife of J.S. [FMSVF].Actress Marie Ney. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA then J’burg.Wife of T.H. [Civilan internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Ringwood, Hants. Wife of G.C. [Civilian internee].MEREDITH-JONES Ms Mildred M. Teacher aged 29 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress ofJapan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Guildford, Surrey.MERSON J. PhilipMESSENGER Mrs GeorginaMETCALF Mrs Imogen G.METHERELL Mrs LornaTo Singapore 1940. A qualified solici<strong>to</strong>r. Cus<strong>to</strong>ms Officer:Prosecution Officer, Singapore.. Sub-Lt MRNVR Escaped <strong>to</strong> PerthWA. To East Africa. Returned <strong>to</strong> <strong>Malayan</strong> Cus<strong>to</strong>ms 1946. WifeIsabel nee Foster. Son born 1948. Retired 1948 <strong>to</strong> farm in the UK.Evacuated. Wife of J.S. [ARP/Civilian internee].Evacuated, aged 37, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool19.3.42. To Acombe, Yorkshire. Wife of A.V. [Civilian internee].Evacuated with baby daughter [b.1941 Penang] <strong>to</strong> Auckland NZ.Wife of W.R. [FMSVF POW].MEYER Reuben Manassah British Malaya Trustee & Execu<strong>to</strong>r Co.Ltd. Aged 51 in 1942.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India then UK. Returned 1949 with wife Rebecca,[Becci] daughter Kitty & son Kenneth Edward.MEYRICK FreddieMICHELL Mrs PenelopeMIDDLEBROOK Mrs VioletMIDDLETON Mrs J.MIDDLETON Mrs Nellieb.1884 Nottingham. Planter Manager, Batu Pekaka Estate, KualaSudim Rubber Company, Kuala Ketil, S. Kedah [1935 Direc<strong>to</strong>ry].Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang BeeHousewife aged 28 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Elgin.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Hobart, Tasmania then <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of S.M.[Civilian internee]. 3 yer old son died in the UK after evacuation.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Johannesburg SA. Wife of F.B.T. [Civilian internee].Housewife aged 41 in 1942. Evacuated with children Stanleyand Leslie, aged 15 and 13, on the Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Manchester.MIDFORD William Leonard BSc b.1902. Educated St Bees School; Northamp<strong>to</strong>n EngineeringCollege & University of London. To Malaya 1927 as AssistantEngineer PWD FMS, Klang. Pte FMSVF [1937]. By 1940Executive Engineer PWD. Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Padang then India.Later joining wife Norah in Perth WA. Worked postwar forNational Coal Board. Died 13.10.64 Nottingham. Children Helen,Hester, Josephine and Robert.MILES Mrs Christina Wife of A.H.W. [Civilian internee]. Evacuated, aged 47 in 1942Evacuated on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. ToAl<strong>to</strong>n, Hants. Daughter Mary [married <strong>to</strong> an Indian Army officer]also evacuated. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war then <strong>to</strong> Australia1958. Christina died 9.8.65. Son Allan Arthur killed-in-action10.41 [RAFVR].MILES F.To Malaya 1915 aged 30. Evacuated with wife <strong>to</strong> Durban SA


MILES Michael JMILES Mrs O<strong>to</strong>line DorothyMILLAR Mrs AnnieMILLAR David M.MILLAR Mrs Dora Mary.MILLAR Mrs JoanMILLAR Leonard M.MILLEN Mrs CynthiaMILLER Mrs Betty StuartMILLER Mrs ConnieMBC. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Batavia 31.1.42 then <strong>to</strong> Australia. ArrivedFremantle WA 2.3.42 on Klang.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Colombo. Wife of C.V.[Civilian internee]. Returned<strong>to</strong> Singapore post war. She died at Kandang Kerbau Hospital,Singapore 15.10.50.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA then <strong>to</strong> UK. Wife of John [Civilianinternee].Wife Gwen & children Manager, Chartered Bank, PenangVice President, Penang Club. Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Sumatra thenCeylon. D.M. died 1942 CeylonEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Glamorgan. Wife of W.B. [Civilian internee].Evacuated. Wife of M.M. [1SSVF POW].Assistant, Mansfield & Co.Ltd, Ocean Building, Singapore. Wifeevacuated <strong>to</strong> UK 12.41. He evacuated <strong>to</strong> Java then ?Evacuated with child. Wife of S.J. [1SSVF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Leicester UK. Wife of James Innes [formerlyFMSVF; Civilian internee]. Retired <strong>to</strong> Wallingford, BerkshireEvacuated with son Brian <strong>to</strong> South Australia. Wife of JohnEdward [formerly 3SSVF/Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Penangpost war.MILLER Mrs Dorothy Armstrong Evacuated <strong>to</strong> India. Wife of Harry Miller [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Singapore post war.MILLER Mrs EnidMILLER Mrs F.E.MILLER E.Evacuated on the Scott Harley 2.42. To the UK. Wife of C.H.[2FMSVF/Intelligence Corps POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SA then S.Rhodesia. Wife of Norman Cecil Eger<strong>to</strong>nMiller [Civilian internee].Hume Pipe Fac<strong>to</strong>ry, Singapore 2nd Engineer SS IpohMILLER Mrs Gwendolen Dorothy Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Kenilworth UK with daughter Barbara. Wife ofGeorge Cecil [civilian internee].MILLER Mrs Iris MaudMILLER Mrs J.MILLER J. McL.MILLER J.J.MILLER John RoyEvacuated with daughter [b.1938 Penang] <strong>to</strong> Durban SA.Wife of John Geoffrey [1FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya1946.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> WA. Wife of John [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya 1946.Evacuated on the Aoranji with daughter N. Arrived Fremantle23.1.42.2nd Engineer Vyner Brook Sub-Lt MRNVR Killed 14.2.42 BankaIsland [murdered]To Malaya 1932 aged 25. Kinta Tin Mines Ltd, Gopeng, Perak<strong>to</strong> Inspec<strong>to</strong>r of Mines FMS. Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Padang then India.


MILLER Mrs Jemima ‘Jen’MILLER Mrs Katherine MaryMILLER Mrs LauretteMILLER Mrs MargaretMILLER MargaretMILLER Mrs Margaret Mor<strong>to</strong>nMILLER Mrs NessieEvacuated, aged 41, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool19.3.42. To Aberdeen, Scotland. Wife of Kenneth Fraser Miller[Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.Wife of E.V. [Civilian internee]. She & baby lost at sea 14.2.42 onthe KualaEvacuated with son Edward on the Orion arriving Fremantle WA6.1.42.Evacuated. Wife of Graeme Somerville Miller [Civilian internee].Retired <strong>to</strong> Helensburgh.daughter of E.V. and Katherine. Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the KualaEvacuated with daughter Elspeth on the Ulysses 31.12.41 <strong>to</strong>Fremantle WA.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> NSW. Wife of Francis [FMSVF <strong>to</strong> 2/12 FFR POW].MILLER Ms P.T.MILLER HAY Mrs AnnieTo Malaya 1939. Nursing Sister, Batu Gajah Hospital, PerakEvacuated. Wife of W.A. [Civilian internee].MILLER MACKAY Mrs IreneMILLS Mrs AnnieMILLS Chris<strong>to</strong>pherMILLS Mrs ElizabethMILLS Mrs HelenMILLS Mrs LilyMILLS S.V.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia then Edinburgh with daughter. Wife ofW. [Civilian internee]..Evacuated with children Anne Lise & Geoffrey. Wife of R.T.[FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.b.1908. To Malaya 1933. Advocate & Solici<strong>to</strong>r: Partner, Bannon &Bailey, Laidlaw Building, Java St. KL Married Patricia Bradfield1936. 2 nd Lt FMSVF Evacuated on the Ping Wo <strong>to</strong> Australia withwife Patricia. Returned <strong>to</strong> KL post-war, retiring 1956 <strong>to</strong> Mayfield,Sussex.Housewife aged 55 in 1942. Evacuated with daughter Mary Anne,aged 16, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. ToBridge of Allan, Stirlingshire.Evacuated. Wife of M.E.H.G. [FMSVF POW].Evacuated with daughter Dorothy [Mrs Stanley] <strong>to</strong> Australia on theNellore. Wife of H.F. [Civilian internee].Selayang Tin. He & wife seen in Singapore 1.2.42. Evacuated?MILNE Mrs Barbara M.T.MILNE David MurrayMILNE Ms Jean.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SAfrom Aberdeen. Head of Engineering Dept, Messrs Harrisons,Barker & Co.Ltd KL 1920-1941. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Died6.43 SA. Wife Mary Steven. Their son, Kenneth David killed inaction 3.41 aged 22 as a 2 nd Lt with the 2 nd Btt Queen’s OwnCameron Highlanders.From New Deer, Aberdeenshire. Nursed at Edinburgh RoyalInfirmary then Colonial Service Nursing Sister: General HospitalJB. Lost at sea 17.2.42[32] on the Tanjoeng Pinang.


MILNE J.MILNE Mrs LilyMILNE Mrs RuthOre Buying Assistant, Eastern Smelting Company, Penang.Lt MRNVR 1 st Lt HMS Penghambat [sunk 4.2.42]. Left Singaporeon SS Malacca 13./14.2.42. To Sumatra then Tjilitjap. Transferred<strong>to</strong> the Khoen Hoea. Arrived Australia.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Bombay. Wife of James Adam Milne [Civilianinternee].Evacuated. Wife of Douglas Birnie Milne [Civilian internee].MILNER-MOORE Mrs Helen Mary Elizabeth Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA with daughter Jet<strong>to</strong>n Elizabeth[born 1939 Penang] & son David Edward [b.1941 Penang]. Wife ofAubrey Robert Milner.Moore [1FMSVF/General List POW].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war then <strong>to</strong> Painswick, Glos.MILSUM Mrs Katharine MaryMINNS Mrs HildaMINNS Mrs WinifredMINTO Cliff`MINTY Mrs Elsie MaudMISSEN Mrs PaulaMITCHELL Mrs AdelineMITCHELL A.Y.MITCHELL Mrs ConstanceMITCHELL Mrs CoraMITCHELL Mrs Dorothy EileenMITCHELL Mrs FredaMITCHELL Mrs FlorenceMITCHELL Mrs GladysEvacuated with daughter Ruth <strong>to</strong> S.A then UK. Wife of John NoelMilsum [Perak LDC/1FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya postwar then <strong>to</strong> Seychelles 1948-1951. Retired <strong>to</strong> Farnham, Surrey.Katharine died 1957. .Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife of Arthur Ernest Minns [Civilianinternee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Evacuated with son Tom <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife of Frederick GeorgeMinns [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Jockey. Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang Bee.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK with daughter Paulette b.1939. Wife ofWilliam [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war.Evacuated with son J.J. [b.1938 Mount Morgan] & daughterR.M. [born 1941 KL], evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Perth WA23.1.42. Wife of Reginald S. [4FMSVF].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK with two children. Wife of A.E.M.[LDC/MAS Civilian internee].Standard Oil Vacuum Company may have been lost on the SSAquarius 15.2.42Evacuated with daughter Jean on the Felix Roussell <strong>to</strong> India. Wifeof A.O. [Civilian internee]. To Middlesex post war. Constance died2004 aged 102.Evacuated. Wife of A.W. [FMSVF/LDC/MAS Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.Evacuated, aged 39 in 1942. Wife of D.G. [Civilian internee].Evacuated. Wife of A.G.B. [SSVF POW].Housewife aged 43 in 1942. Evacuated with daughter, Phyllis, aged20, on theEmpress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. ToFalmouth, Cornwall.Evacuated with baby son Hamish on Aorangi, arriving FremantleWA 23.1.42. Son Angus born 1942 Perth WA. Wife of L.M.[1SSVF POW].


MITCHELL Mrs G.V.MITCHELL Hodgson WilliamMITCHELL Mrs Irene C.MITCHELL Mrs J. G.MITCHELL Mrs TrixieMITCHELL-INNES Mrs LoisMOFFAT James ‘Jimmy’MOFFATT Mrs AnnMOFFATT Mrs J.M.MOFFATT Mrs OliveEvacuated. Wife of W.B. [Civilian internee].b.1900 Darling<strong>to</strong>n. , Posts & Telegraphs SS &FMS.. GnrFMSVF Light Battery [1937]. By 1940 Assistant Controller ofTelecommunications[Traffic] P. & T. Malaya. Evacuated withHarbour Board Staff on the Bagan <strong>to</strong> Batavia. On the Wu Chang <strong>to</strong>Colombo.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of W.I.C. [Civilian internee].Evacuated with 2 children. Husband a 1FMSVF POW.Evacuated. Wife of E.R.K. [2FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malayapost war.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Golder’s Green UK. Wife of A.C. [FMSVF].b.1902 Rutherglen, Glasgow. Electrical Engineer, Southern<strong>Malayan</strong> Tin Dredging, Batu Gajah from 1927 and post-war.Formerly Sgt 5873 MT Company 1FMSVF. Wife Violet; childrenViolet, Samuel &William [twin sons] and John [Iain] evacuated <strong>to</strong>Perth WA. He left Singapore for Batavia under orders 1.42. Laterjoined family, arriving on Marella from Batavia 27.2.42. Returnedpost war as Chief Electrical Engineer SMTD, living at 7 th Mile.Died aged 61 from complications with malaria. Violet died aged 89in Seattle.Evacuated with son Chris<strong>to</strong>pher on the Narkunda, arrivingFremantle WA 24.1.42.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of E.M. [Civilian internee].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Fremantle WA on Ulysses 31.12.41 with sonRobin [b.1932 Singapore]. Also a son, Hamish. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya 1946-1949 then purchased an apple farm in Bures,Suffolk.MOFFATT Robert Nixon ‘Bobby’ Joined SSC early 1930s. i/c <strong>Malayan</strong> Water Transport,Bernam River. Straits Steamship Engineer, Butterworth DeputyManager, Sungei Nyok Dockyard. Wife Betty evacuated withdaughter C. on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42.Returned <strong>to</strong> SSC post war in Marine S<strong>to</strong>res, Telok Ayer. He died24.1.62 Rugby.MOFFATT Mrs V.C.MOIR JohnMOIR Mrs JuneMOIR Mrs S.MOLESWORTH Mrs RosemaryEvacuated with 4 children on the Aoranji, arriving Fremantle WA23.1.42.b.1906 Edinburgh. Chief Draughtsman, <strong>Malayan</strong> Surveys Dept.Wife Catherine. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Java then Australia. Joined RAAF13.7.42 Melbourne. Fl. Lt HQ RAAF Command. Discharged6.4.45.Evacuated with children Jeremy, Charmian & Georgie. Wife ofR.L. [SRA[V] POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of G.A. [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.Evacuated, aged 27, on the Empress of Japan with daughterJenifer, aged 1. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Poul<strong>to</strong>n-le-Fylde,


Lancashire. Wife of B.D. [Civilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malayapost war.MOLLARD RogerMOLLISON Mrs JeanCaptain, Imperial Airways Flying Boat Service UK <strong>to</strong> Australia.Reident in Singapore from 1937. Wife ‘Mac’ & son.After Fall of Singapore employed in flying boat duties SA /Australia. Joined Mansfields 1946 i/c new <strong>Malayan</strong> AirwaysOperations. Retired early 1960s handing over <strong>to</strong> new Quantasmanagement.Evacuated with children Margaret & Francis evacuated on Aorangi16.1.42 arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of J.F. [LDC/ARPCivilian internee]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946. Still there 1958 &active in the Presbyterian Church.MOLONEY Mrs Frances Greenwood Evacuated. Wife of D.B. [FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya1946.MOLYNEUX Mrs E.W. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Wife of G.MONIA Ms HelenFrench Palais de Modes. MAS, Singapore. Lost at sea 17.2.42 onthe Tanjoeng Pinang.MONKS Mrs V. Evacuated with 4 sons on Charon, arriving Fremantle WA 18.1.42.Then <strong>to</strong> NZ. Wife of R.A. [Malay Regiment POW].MONRO Mrs Landon CarterEvacuated with son [born 1939] <strong>to</strong> the USA. Wife of JohnKirkpatrick Monro [Civilian internee].MONTGOMERY Adler North British Mercantile Insurance, Singapore. Evacuated 13. 2.42<strong>to</strong> Padang on the SS Tatung then on HMS Dragon then HMASHobart 3.3.42 <strong>to</strong> Colombo then India. Wife in Australia. He died20.3.45 Durban SA.MONTGOMERY Denis Gordon Wingate b.1909. Assistant SuperIntendent, Cus<strong>to</strong>ms & Excise:Cus<strong>to</strong>ms Officer, Singapore, attached <strong>to</strong> RAF Seletar Aerodrome.Evacuated from Singapore 11.2.42 on SS Ipoh. Arrived Australiathen <strong>to</strong> UK.MOOR Mrs Hilda MaryHousewife aged 46 in 1942. Evacuated with daughter BarbaraIsobel, a stenographer aged 19, on the Empress of Japan. ArrivedLiverpool 19.3.42. To Skip<strong>to</strong>n, Yorkshire. Wife of Richard[Civilian internee].MOORE Mrs ElizabethMOORE Mrs EstherMOORE Ms. H.E.MOORE Mrs H.MOORE Mrs Mary FeodoraMOORE Mrs IvyEvacuated. Wife of F.C.J. [Civilian internee].Evacuated. Wife of J.C.B. [2FMSVF POW].To Malaya 1935. Colonial Service Nursing Sister evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong>Padang then IndiaEvacuated. Wife of Arthur [2FMSVF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> South Kensing<strong>to</strong>n UK. Wife of D.N. [RE].Evacuated. Wife of O.E.F. [1FMSVF POW].MOORHEAD Mrs Lily Forbes Aged 36 in 1942. Children John & Audrey aged 13 & 11.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA.


MORFORD Eric St. Clair ‘Jumbo’ b.1892 Fulham. To Malaya 1913: Kamuning Estate, Sungei Siput.WW1 Service in the Middle East. .Planter Manager, DovenbyEstate, Sungei Siput 1923-1941 and 1946-1956. Also Krian RdEstate. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Bombay. Member of the Rubber ControlDept, Govt of India, supervising rubber estates in S.India andCeylon 1942-45. Wife Helene. Retired 1957 <strong>to</strong> Penang then Nice.He died 17.1.67 [75] Nice.MORGAN FloydAssistant, Ronpibon Tin, S.Thailand. Pte 13896 FMSVFArrived Fremantle WA.MORGAN Graham B.Sc AMICE b.1903. Educated King Henry VIII Grammar School, Abergavenny& University of Wales [Cardiff]. To Malaya 1926 as AssistantEngineer, Anti-Malaria Engineer’s Office FMS. Sapper JVE[1937]By 1940 Senior Executive Engineer PWD: District Officer Staff,Johore Bahru 30.1.42. Wife evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. He wasevacuated <strong>to</strong> Padang, Colombo then India. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malayapost war: State Engineer, Johore in 1947.MORGAN Mrs Vera Amy Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. She was evacuated, aged 40,on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Wanstead,London. Wife of K.S. [Civilian internee].MORGAN William Stanley BA b.1908. European Master SS 1931. Captain retd. European Master,Muar English School 1937- L/Cpl FMSVF. Wife E. evacuated <strong>to</strong>Australia. He escaped Singapore 2.42. Arrived Bombay 10.3.42.Colonial Office till 1946 then Assistant Secretary <strong>to</strong> the Governor-General’s Office, Malaya. Later Chief Assistant Secretary, SierraLeone; Assistant Advisor <strong>to</strong> the Govt of Quatar then 1960 theChairman of the Public Services Commission, Mauritius.MORICE Mrs Nancy SheilaMORPHETT John WilliamEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. Wife of J.D.G. [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946.b.1904. To Malaya 1926 as Surveyor-on-Agreement FMS. By1940 Surveys Dept Senior Surveyor Singapore SS and FMS. Sub-Lt SS RNVR <strong>to</strong> Lt MRNVR Captain Laburnum then Malacca.MORPHY Tudor Edward Richard b.1899. WW1 Service 1917-1919 as Midshipman Sub-Lt RNVR. ToMalaya 1926 as Assistant Electrical Engineer FMS. By 1940Executive Electrical Engineer Electrical Dept FMS KL. PteFMSVF [1937] then Sub-Lt MRNVR. Wife evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK.MORRIS Mrs Anna MariaHousewife aged 39 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Romsey, Hants.MORRIS Dr Miss Ethel MB ChB b.1898. Educated Manchester High School, St Leonard’s School,St Andrew’s and Manchester University. To Malaya 1931 asLady Medical Officer SS. By 1936 Lady Medical Officer, GeneralHospital KL.By 1941 at Kuala Pilah, Kelantan. Evacuated <strong>to</strong>Padang 2.42 then Australia. By 1943= Mrs Whitehouse.MORRIS George child. Lost at sea 2.42.MORRIS Mrs JoanMORRIS Mrs Joan EskellEvacuated <strong>to</strong> Cape<strong>to</strong>wn SA then the UK. Wife of D.E.D.[Malay Regiment POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Cape<strong>to</strong>wn SA. Wife of G.L. [FMSVF POW].


MORRIS Mrs NancyMORRIS Mrs PhyllisMORRIS Mrs RositaMORRIS Mrs R.E.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife of JamesEvacuated with daughter Maryland & son David on Narkunda,arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK . Wife of N.G. [Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war. Rosita died 1982. Daughter Sally-Ann.Evacuated on the PlanciusMORRISH Mrs Florence May Evacuated with daughter June. Wife of C.R. [1SSVF POW]. .MORRISON Clara AdelaigeMORRISON Mrs Claraof the Government Rest Home, Seremban then Singapore RedCross. Wounded on Kuala and drifted away. May have died atTembilahan Hospital. Killed 15.2.42[57] Pom Pong Island.Evacuated with daughter Nancy. Wife of D.H. [3FMSVF POW].MORRISON Mrs Isabella ‘Tibbie’ Evacuated, aged 33, with daughters Elizabeth & Gillian, aged 3& 2, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. ToCoupar, Fife. Wife of H.R. [SSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Singaporepost war.MORRISON IanMORRISON Jean CrossMORRISON Joeb.1913 Peking. Son of Times China Correspondent ‘ChineseMorrison.’ Educated Winchester & Trinity College, Cambridge.Professor of English, Sapporo University, Japan 1935-1937 thenPrivate Secretary <strong>to</strong> the British Ambassador, Tokyo. British &Chinese Corporation Rep. Shanghai. To Singapore 10.41 as DeputyDirec<strong>to</strong>r, Far Eastern Bureau, Ministry of Information, Singapore& Times correspondent.Author ‘<strong>Malayan</strong> Postscript’. Evacuated <strong>to</strong>Java. Arrived Fremantle WA on the Zaandam 6.3.42. ToMelbourne. Married Maria Theresa Neubauer [Czech]of Singapore.1 son, 1 daughter. Ian was killed 12.8.50 [37] as Times SpecialCorrespondent during the Korean WarTo Malaya 1937. Colonial Service Nursing Sister, SingaporeGeneral Hospital. Killed 14.2.42 Pom Pong Islandfrom Sunderland. Chief Engineer, Sime Darby. 2nd EngineerRNVR Bulan left Singapore 11.2.42. Arrived Colombo – wife <strong>to</strong>o.MORRISON Mrs Margaret Alfreda Housewife aged 45 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess ofBedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Glasgow.MORRISON MarkMORRISON Mrs W.L.H.MORTIMER Mrs Doris I.MORTON Mrs Doris ElizabethMORTON Mrs Agnes ClaireAustralian Barrister-at- Law, Advocate and Solici<strong>to</strong>r SS& FMS, 21 Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore.on the Kedah 13.2.42 reported lost at sea??Evacuated <strong>to</strong> NZ. Husband an FMSVF POW.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of Arthur Hillbourne Mortimer[Civilian internee].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Wife of Stanley Park Mor<strong>to</strong>n [FMSVFPOW]. Retired <strong>to</strong> Whitley Bay.Evacuated. Wife of W.W. [Civilian internee]. Living in SomersetWest, Cape Province SA 1961.


MORTON Reginald John ‘Reggie’ JP b.1895 London. WW1 Service with RFC 1915-18. To Malaya1920. Bertam Estate, Province Wellesley. Played rubgy and cricketfor Penang. Senior Assistant, Bernam Estate, Telok Anson 1926.Manager, Lower Perak Rubber Estates Ltd, Telok Anson 1931-1941 and 1946-1958. Member Perak Flying Club. Sgt MVAF.Evacuated 2.42 <strong>to</strong> Java, Australia, NZ then India. RAF AlliedLiaison Officer, New Delhi 1942-1943. Returned with BMA <strong>to</strong>rehabilitate Lower Perak Rubber Plantations. 1946 & 1952: LowerPerak Estate, Hutan Melintang, Telok Anson, Perak 1969 residentPerak. Wife Elizabeth [Betty]. Died 25.4.73 Telok AnsonMOSER Mrs MarjoreyMOSLEY Mrs MaryMOSS John DonaldMOTE F.A.MOTION William WebsterMOULDING Mrs RachelEvacuated with daughter Evelyn [b.1935] and parents George &Patricia on Centaur, arriving Fremantle WA 24.9.41.Wife of George Albert [FMSVF POW].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife of A.G.A. [SSVF POW].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya post war then <strong>to</strong> Minehead.To Malaya 1925 aged 23. Planter Manager Kapar Para RubberEstates, Kapar, Selangor. Sub-Lt MRNVR. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya1946: Jalan Acob Estate, Kapar, Selangor. Retired <strong>to</strong> Fris<strong>to</strong>n,SussexPas<strong>to</strong>r, The Far Eastern Division of the General Conferenceof Seventh Day Adventists, 800 Thomson Rd, Singapore. Livedwith wife at 804 Thomson Rd. Evacuated <strong>to</strong> USA: Pas<strong>to</strong>r, BeaconLight Church, Kansas City 1943. President, Australasia Division,Seventh Day Adventist Church, Australasia 1951-1954.Secretary, James Craig Ltd [Engineers & Metal Founders], Klangthen Technical Assistant, the Federated Engineering Co.Ltd, HighSt, KL. Aged 51 in 1942. Evacuated, with wife Florence, aged 53in 1942.Evacuated with baby daughter <strong>to</strong> Canberra. Son Rod born there1942. Daughter died of pneumonia on the voyage home <strong>to</strong> theUK. Wife of H.G. [3SSVF POW]. Rachel died 2007 aged 95.MOUNTAIN Mrs Florence Kathleen Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK with daughter Kathleen [Kim]. Sons Derek& Jack. Wife of S.A. [Negri Sembilan LDC/Civilian internee].Florence died 22.11.64 Haywards Heath Hospital.MOUNTAIN Mrs K.H. Evacuated with daughter J.A. aged 5, <strong>to</strong> Sydney, arriving 20.1.42on the Ruys, Wife of L.C. [Civilian internee].MOURIN ArthurMOWAT Mrs Louise EthelMOXON Mrs H.W..Managing Direc<strong>to</strong>r, Arthur Mourin & Co. Ltd [Shipping Agents]Bandar Bahru, Kedah. Evacuated Singapore 12.2.42. Lost atsea 13.2.42 on the Giang Beenee Homewood [married 7.40], a stenographer at GHQ Sime Rd,evacuated <strong>to</strong> Java on Anking 13.1.42 then <strong>to</strong> Sydney, Australia.Wife of Geoffrey [MCS/4SSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya postwar. Retired <strong>to</strong> Fairford Glos. See Geoofrey’s memoirs ‘TheRainbow through the Rain.’ Son Timothy Richard b.1946 Bath.Daughters Sarah Louise b.1948 & Alison.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> the UK. Husband a civilian internee. Returned <strong>to</strong>Singapore post war then <strong>to</strong> Manchester. Daughter Liliane; sonGerard Joseph.


MUIR Mrs AliceMUIR Mrs AnnaMULLALY Mrs RubyMULLIGAN Mrs MargaretMULLOY Mrs FrancesMUMFORD Mrs MaryEvacuated. Wife of G.W. [Civilian internee].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Australia. Wife of W.K.S. [Civilian internee].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Bangalore, India then S.A. Wife of A.E. [NegriSembilan LDC/ Singapore Observer Corps/Civilian internee].Returned <strong>to</strong> Malaya 1946 but living at Laleham-on-Thames,Middlesex 1947/1948. .Evacuated with daughters Mary & Joan, sons E & James onOrion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Sydney. Wife of Edward‘Ned’ [SRE[V] POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong> Alor Star, Malaya 1947 then <strong>to</strong>Nigeria 1951 – Kano then Lagos. Margaret died 1954.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> SA with family including daughter Frances Harriet.Wife of A.A. [Civilian internee]. Retired <strong>to</strong> Cape<strong>to</strong>wn SA.Evacuated with son D., aged 5, on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA6.1.42. To Sydney, Manly NSW then NZ. Wife of E.W. [Civilianinternee].MUMMERY Mrs Constance Moore Evacuated <strong>to</strong> UK. Wife of C.F. [2FMSVF POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya 1946/1947.MUNDELL Howell Dawson The Hon. b.1883 Poole, Dorset. Solici<strong>to</strong>r 1905. To Singapore 1908.Partner, Sisson & Delay, Union Building, Singapore. Lived at 24Peirce Rd, Singapore. Evacuated or left before 12.41.MUNRO Mrs Gwynedd Merdedith Evacuated on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41.MUNRO Mrs Kate LouiseEvacuated, aged 60, on Gorgon with husband D. Arrived FremantleWA 20.2.42.MUNRO Mrs Sheila Sutherland Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.MUNRO Mrs W.J.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SAMUNRO-MILLAR Mrs Dorothy Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Perth WA. Wife of J.G.[Civilian internee or POW?] .MUNROE Mrs MadgeMURCHIE ArchibaldMURCHISON Mrs VioletMURCOTT Mrs Gertrude AlmaMURDOCH Mrs DorisMURDOCH Mrs NellieEvacuated with daughter Sheila. Wife of A.R. Munroe[2FMSVF POW].Planter Manager, Pegoe Estate, Tampin and Merlimau Estate,Alor Gajah. Escaped Singapore 14.2.42 in a fishing smack.Reached Padang then Tjilitjap. To Fremantle WA on the Zaandam6.3.42. Wife evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SA. Returned <strong>to</strong> MerlimauEstate 1946. He died 24.12.60 [68] Perth WA.Evacuated, aged 34, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool4.4.42. To Tarbert, Argyllshire. Wife of D.V. [POW]. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya 1946. .Evacuated with daughter Yvonne Ann on Aorangi, arrivingFremantle WA 23.1.42. To Perth WA. Wife of Bernard [Civilianinternee].Evacuated with sons Duncan & Thomas on Narkunda, arrivingFremantle WA 24.1.42.Housewife aged 31 in 1942. Evacuated with children Gordon,


Margaret & James, aged 10, 8 and 12, on the Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Nairn, Scotland.MURDOCH Mrs QueenieMURDOCK Mrs HelenMURPHY Eric FurberWife of F.V. [SRE[V] POW]. Evacuated with son Patrick.Housewife aged 37 in 1942. Evacuated with son Gerald, aged 6, onthe Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Whitehead,Co.Antrim.Staff, Asiatic Petroleum Company, Shell House, Singapore. Aged34 in 1942. Pilot Officer MVAF Escaped 2.42. Returned 1949.MURPHY Frank Eric Bean BSc AMICE b.1900. Educated King’s College, University of London.Chartered Civil Engineer. To Malaya 1926 as Assistant EngineerPWD FMS Ulu Selangor. By 1940 Executive Engineer PWDPahang. Formerly Sapper JVE No.3 Section [Kota Tinggi]. WifeA.D. and daughters R.L. & H.C. evacuated on Aorangi, arrivingFremantle WA 23.1.42. He was lost at sea 14.2.42 on the KualaMURPHY Lindley M.MURPHY Mrs MargueriteMURPHY Mrs P.J.MURRAY Mrs A.M.MURRAY Mrs AnnMURRAY Mrs CarolTo Malaya 1938 aged 24. Chartered Accountant: Assistant,Gibson, Anderson & Butler Co. Ltd, 12 Market Square, KL. Cpl2FMSVF Escaped on the Celia out of Singapore 14.2.42 then onthe SS Dumeyer van TwistEvacuated with son David on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA24.1.42..Evacuated on the Cap St Julien. Husband Patrick a ISSVF POW.Evacuated with son D.B. and daughter C.B. on Charon, arrivingFremantle WA 26.2.42.Evacuated with son Richard on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA24.1.42.Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Edinburgh. Wife of A.H. [1SSVF POW].MURRAY Mrs Florence Mary ‘Toots’ Evacuated,aged 44, on the Duchess of Bedford. ArrivedLiverpool 4.4.42. To Inverness.. Wife of Donald. Returned <strong>to</strong>Malaya 1946.Living in Inverness 1949. Son Peter. Toots died31.1.71.MURRAY F.A.L.MURRAY Mrs Gladys Vic<strong>to</strong>riaMURRAY Mrs Georgina RoseMURRAY Mrs H.J.S.MURRAY Ms LilyMine Manager, Kuchai Tin Ltd, Petaling, Selangor. He & wifeBeth evacuated <strong>to</strong> Sydney.Housewife aged 40 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Aberdeen. Wife of A.R. [SRE[V]POW]Evacuated, aged 42, with daughter S. on Gorgon, arrivingFremantle WA 20.2.42.Widow of Henry.J. Evacuated with daughter <strong>to</strong> Durban SAFrom Dornoch, Scotland. Colonial Service Nursing Sister. Lost atsea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng PinangMURRAY Mrs Margaret Evacuated on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41.MURRAY Mrs M.Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Died of cancer


in Australia.MURRAY Ms SallyMURRAY-CLARKE MrsMUSSETT Mrs SallyEvacuated. Daughter of K.S. & Ena [Civilian internees].Evacuated <strong>to</strong> Durban SAWife of W.L. [[see below]. Evacuated.MUSSETT William Lavender ‘Bill’ ISO b.1901. RAF Service 1918-1920. To Malaya 1925 asAudit Inspec<strong>to</strong>r, FMS Railways Accounts Branch. By 1940 ChiefAccountant, FMS Railways. Rugby player and golfer. WifeSally evacuated. RNVR <strong>to</strong> Sumatra. Returned <strong>to</strong> <strong>Malayan</strong>Railways post war. President of the <strong>Malayan</strong> Rugby Union 1949.Retired <strong>to</strong> farm cattle near Vic<strong>to</strong>ria, Australia then moved <strong>to</strong>Queensland. He died 21.9.64 Southport, Queensland.MUSTILL Ms Marjorie SRNMUTCH Mrs Myra A.MYERS Ann CMBMYLES Mrs DaisyFrom Over, Cambs. Colonial Service Nursing Sister. Lost at seaeither 14.2.42 or 17.2.42.Wife of H.J.M. [Pahang LDC/Civilian internee]. Evacuatedon Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Two daughters JuneMollinson b.1927 & Lesley Margaret b.1934 left Singapore 1.41.To Aberdeen.Matron, Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement, KL. Lost at sea17.2.42[43]on the Tanjoeng PinangWife of J.B. [Civilian internee]. Evacuated. Son Billy killed inaction as 2nd Lt with Gurkhas 1.42 Malaya. Returned 1945.MYLO Mrs A. Wife of Arthur [Civilian internee]. Evacuated with daughter J.on Nellore, arriving Fremantle WA 8.1.42.

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