NAILER E.W.
To Ceylon 1928 then to Singapore 1940. Cable & Wireless
Engineer. Wife Maria Christine, German by birth, aged 34 in 1942.
They were evacuated from Singapore 12.2.42 on the MV Redang.
Sunk 15.2.42. He was lost at sea. She was rescued by HMS Tapah
Captured 17. 2.42 at Muntok and became a Palembang internee...
NAIRN Jean Barrie
born.1935. Daughter of Mrs Barbara Nairn [Civilian internee].
Evacuated on Centaur, arriving Fremantle 13.1.42..
.
Assistant, Sime Darby & Co. Pte 14038 VF evacuated 2.42 to Padang
then India
NAISMITH William
NANKIVELL Kenneth BSc AMICE To Malaya 1926 as Assistant Engineer PWD SS. By 1935
Executive Engineer, Batang Padang. A fine athlete and tennis player.
Awarded a Carnegie Scholarship to study Highway Engineering,
returning to Malacca 1936. Evacuated 2.42 to Padang, Colombo then
India. Wife Nancy, a teacher, evacuated to Durban SA. Army Lt
333978 16.10.44. PWD post-war – State Engineer, Selangor then in
1953 1st Director of Public Works FOM. Lived post-war at 463
Swettenham Rd KL. Wife Nancy; daughters Valerie and Janet. Retired
1956 to Braintree, Essex. 31 years in Malaya. Died 18.10.62 [59]
Braintree.
NAPIER Mrs G.E.
Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
NAPIER Mrs Mabel May
Evacuated, aged 47, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool
4.4.42. To Banff, Scotland. Husband William Ross a civilian internee.
Returned to Malaya 1946.
NAPPER Robert Piriam Noble BA [Cantab.] MA ‘Piri’ From Bourton, Bristol. Plant Pathologist,
Rubber Research Institite KL. Lived at Eaton Rd, KL. Married Maude
Ethelyn Hough PhD [Cantab.] 1932 Penang. She died 1937 –
Children Rosemary b.1934 and Brian b.1937. Married Suzanne
Barfoort [Dutch nurse] 1938. See below. ARP/MAS. He was lost at sea
14.2.42[35] on the Tien Kwang
NAPPER Mrs Suzanna ‘Susie’
Wife of Robert. Nursing Sister. Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the Kuala.
Step-children Rosemary and Robert, aged 7 and 4, evacuated on the
Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To grandmother
in Bristol.
NASSIM Mrs Romah
Evacuated with sons Kenneth & J. aged 8 & 5, on Orion, arriving
Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Sydney. Wife of Arnold [SRA[V] POW].
Returned to Singapore post war. Retired to Lausanne 1957.
NATHANS Mrs E.B.
Evacuated to Durban SA. Aged 58 in 1942.
NATTRASS Mrs G.H.
Evacuated with son W.F. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
Wife of L.F.V. [Civilian internee].
NEILSON Mrs Marion Durie
Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of James
[Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya 1946. Marion died 19.9.71
Edinburgh.
NELSON Mrs Alice ‘Allie’
Wife of David. Son R. Mason. Daughter Beth. Temporary Woman
Assistant with Navy. Evacuated on the Empire Star to Batavia then
on Plancius to Colombo; train to Simla then to Bombay. On Dominion
Monarch to Sydney, arriving 26.5.42
NELSON Ms I.M.
from Co.Down, N.Ireland. Colonial Service Nursing Sister, General
Hospital. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng Pinang
NESFIELD Mrs Rhoma Phyllis
Evacuated on Empire Star, arriving Fremantle WA 23.2.42. Wife of
W.A. [Civilian internee].
NEVILLE-TURNER Donald
FMS Police Officer. Escaped Singapore 2.42. Returned to Singapore
Police. Married Ann Sutherland Masters 1947. Son b.1951.
NEVIN Mrs Helen Mary
Evacuated. Wife of Dr H.M. [Civilian internee].
NEWARK Arthur
Airport Manager, Aviation Branch PWD, Kallang Aerodrome. Sq Ld
MVAF KL. On HMS Danae 24.2.42 to Australia. Wife Margaret
was Secretary of the Children’s Aid Society and Principal, St Hilda’s
School, Ceylon Rd, Katong from 1.41. She, aged 36 in 1942, evacuated
on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Frome,
Somerset.
NEWBERRY Mrs Doris
Evacuated with son D. & daughter B. evacuated on Orion, arriving
Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of Alfred [Civilian internee].
NEWBIGGING Mrs Janet
Evacuated, aged 37 in 1942, and daughter Margaret, 11 months,
on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Perth,Scotland.
Wife of J.H. [FMSVF POW]. Returned to Malay post war
NEWEY Mrs Irene
Evacuated to Dudley, Worcestershire. Wife of T.H. [1SSVF POW].
NEWINGTON Mrs Valerie Murray Evacuated to the UK. Wife of P.C.B. [MAS/Civilian internee].
Valerie died 20.12.44 Farnham.
NEWMAN Mrs Agnes Ella
Evacuated to Fremantle then Adelaide with daughter Geraldine. Wife
of D.B. [2FMSVF POW]. Returned to Malaya 1946. Retired to
Waikerie, S.Australia. .
NEWMAN Mrs Florence
husband also lost at sea. Son Dickie survived but interned. 3 sons
Ivan, Lionel and Gordon 1SSVF POWs. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the
Tanjoeng Pinang
NEWMAN Gavin
Evacuated with wife Francis and son Gerard, arriving Fremantle
WA 6.1.42.
NEWMAN James ‘Jim’
He, wife, daughter and younger son Dicky lost at sea 14.2.42 he on
Kuala [J. Newman in 1935 Directory, Straits Trading Company,
Ocean Building, Singapore?]
NEWMAN Mrs S.
Evacuated to Brisbane. Wife of L.A.G. [Civilian internee].
NEWTON Mrs K.A.
Evacuated with son J. & daughter D. on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA
6.1.42.
NEWTON-KING Mrs Josephine Sale Evacuated , aged 27, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool
19.3.42. c/o NZ House, London. Wife of C.R. [4FMSVF POW].
NEY Marie
MBC Actress.Husband in VF. She evacuated to Durban SA
NEYLAND Mrs Doris
Evacuated with daughter E. evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle
WA 6.1.42. Wife of Bertram [Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya
post war. Retired 1952 to New Malden, Surrey.
NIAS Stanley John
Manager, Kepong Estate, Selangor. Sgt, Engineer Section 2FMSVF.
Escaped Singapore 2.42 to Sumatra then Ceylon. By 1945 Captain
RASC. Wife Gladys Mary, aged 33, & daughter Jacqueline, aged 4,
evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To
Osterley, Middlesex. Returned to Kepong Rubber Estates Ltd late
1945. 1946: Fraser Estate, Johore Sungei Gapi Estate, Serendah,
Selangor.1947. 1952: Voules Estate, Tenang, Johore. Retired to
Storrington then Pulborough, Sussex. Daughter Jacqueline. He
remarried 1966 to Jeanne Cooke.
NIBLOCK F.rederick Ambrose ‘Freddy’b.1901 Singapore. Returned to Sngapore 1925. Asiatic
Petroleum, Singapore. Escaped on launch Mutiara to Sumatra 13.2.42
then to Ceylon and Durban. 1SSVF ‘S’ Company. Wife Evelyn and
daughters Eileen & Patricia evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle
WA 6.1.42. He enlisted as a Flying Officer in the RAAF 12.10.42
Melbourne – until 6.3.46. Returned to Malaya 1948.
NICHOLAS Mrs W.A.
Evacuated with 3 children on the Pulau Telo. Wife of Dr W.A.
[SSVF POW].
NICCOLL-JONES Sarah Elizabeth MBE formerly Womens Police. Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang
Bee
NICHOL Mrs H.
Evacuated to Ceylon. Wife of Balfour [Civilian internee].
NICHOLS Mrs Gwendoline Nina ‘Wendy’ Evacuated to Melbourne. Wife of J.N.M.A.[Civilian internee].
Returned to Malaya post war.
NICHOLSON Mrs L.
Evacuated to NSW. Wife of J.D. [Civilian internee]. Returned to
Malaya post war.
NICOL Ms Mary
Colonial Service Nursing Sister: Singapore General Hospital. Lost at
sea 14.2.42 on the Kuala
NICOLL Mrs Alice
Evacuated, aged 47, on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
Wife of Charles. Son David Rosa.
NICOLL Mrs Agnes Elizabeth
nee Stevenson. Wife of Alfred [married 1938 Singapore]. Aged 38 in
1942 Evacuated with son John, aged 1, on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Beith, Ayrshire
NICOLL Mrs Mary
Housewife aged 45 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Ardrrossan, Ayrshire.
NICOLSON Mrs May
Evacuated. Wife of A. [JVE to Gurkhas POW]. Returned to Malaya
1946.
NIELSEN A.
Engineer, Lower Perak PWD Johore? Evacuated 2.42 to Padang then
on HMAS Hobart from Padang to Colombo 1.3.42. Eventually to
Perth WA with wife. [if Anders, died there 6.8.43 [66] ??]
NIGHTINGALE Herbert Walter BSc b.1908. Educated Strand School and University of London,
University College. MCS Cadet SS 1932 attached to District Office,
Jasin. Tamil speaker. By 1941 Malayan Liaison Officer, British
Consulate, Batavia. Evacuated 2.42. Arrived Fremantle WA on the
Zaandam 6.3.42. He returned to MCS post war. Wife Jean nee
Sherring. Sons born 1942 Woking & 1948 Singapore.
NISBET Mrs Margaret Dorothy
Evacuated. Wife of W. [1SSVF POW].
NIVEN Alexander ‘Alex’ From Hamilton, Scotland. To Malaya 1935 after working for Kenya
and Uganda Railways. The first Government Quantity Surveyor
SS & FMS. An expert on the Law of Contract. QS, Malayan HQ
PWD. Wife Eileen nee Mills, married 1939, an American from Seattle,
evacuated to Australia. L/Cpl to Captain 1SSVF, later British Army
Lt 333979 26.12.44 to Major. Kuala survivor to Colombo then India.
Returned post-war to PWD Malaya. Retired 1954 to Washington then
Seattle USA. Died 10.1.64.
NIVEN Mrs Charlotte Elizabeth
Evacuated, aged 43, with daughter Judith Elizabeth on Aorangi,
arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of Laurence..
NIVEN Mrs Constance
Housewife aged 44 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To London EC3.
NIXON Henry Edwin ‘Nick’ JP
b.1885 Ireland. To Malaya 1908, a planter until 1934. Joined Henry
Waugh & Co. Ltd, Penang 1934. Their Penang Director by 1940.
Resident 33 Beach St, Penang. Member of Penang Flying Club.
Joined SSVAF 9.41. Flight Lt E Flight MVAF KL. On HMS Danae to
Australia. Wife also to Australia – she died there in 1943. He remarried
[Valerie]. Children Michael b.1948 Cape Town,, Sheila & Patricia.
Acquired a small farm 20 miles south of Durban SA 1949. H.E. died
12.1.66.
NOAKES Mrs Hilda
Evacuated, aged 40, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool
19.3.42. To Harrow, Middlesex. Wife of G.P. [Civilian internee].
Returned to Malaya post war. Retired to Esher, Surrey.
NOALL Mrs P.
Evacuated to Perth WA pre-hostilities 7.41. Wife of John [Civilian
internee].
NOBBS Mrs Alice Eileen Beauchamp from Pyford, Surrey. Wife of M.E. Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the
Kuala
NOBLE Christopher
To Malaya from Australia 1925 as Surveyor-on-Agreement FMS.
Married Barbara Constance Watherston 11.34 London. Till 1930
mostly with the Toposurvey Branch, mainly in Pahang. Survey Dept
KL 1941. Acting Assistant Surveyor-General in KL 2.40-6.41. On
Leave in Australia 12.41. Returned to KL by air 16.12.41. L/Cpl
Selangor LDC. Discharged to map production duties i/c Photo
Lithographic Branch. Evacuated to Batavia on SS Ipoh then to
Australia on the Whang Pu. Joined RAAF 13.7.42 Melbourne. Flying
Officer AF HQ [DWB] W6. Discharged 24.6.44. Post-war SurveyorGeneral of the Federation of Malaya 1953-1955. Retired 1955.
NOBLE Mrs G.
Evacuated to Sydney by flying boat. Wife of Ian [Civilian internee].
Retired to La Rocque, Jersey. G. still living 2008 [97]. Son Roderick.
NOBLE Mrs J.
Evacuated with son K. and daughter K. on Orion, arriving Fremantle.
WA 6.1.42.
NOBLE James Morton
b.1890 Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Educated Hitchin Grammar School,
Bedford. To Malaya 1919 as Assistant Engineer FMS Kedah. By 1936
Senior Executive Engineer, Muar. Lt Colonel. Evacuated 2.42 to
Padang, Colombo then India. Joined IA Engineers. Married Margarita
Batten 1917 Burnham-on-Sea. Living in Northwood, Middlesex 1967.
NOBLE Mrs Margaret
Housewife aged 48 in 1942. Evacuated with daughter Jean, aged 20,
on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Watford,
Herts.
NOLAN Mrs Elizabeth M.N.
Evacuated, aged 41, on Centaur, arriving Fremantle WA 13.1.42.
Wife of Vincent Charles [below].
.NOON Mrs Barbara
Evacuated with children Annie Katherine & Timothy Henry to
Australia then to London SE3 via Glasgow 1942
Survived Ulysses sinking. Wife of H.B. [1FMSVF POW].
NOONE Richard Owen Deane
b.Calcutta. Educated Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Brother of Pat. To Malaya 1939. Anthropologist. 2nd Lt FMSVF
to Dalforce. Evacuated 2.42 on the SS Dumayer Van Twist.Arrived
Fremantle WA on the Zaandam 17.3.42. General List, British Army
1942-1946.Post-war Adviser on Aborigines to the Federation Govt
from 1953. Lived at 169 Bellamy Rd KL. Commanded Special
Operations, Sabah, N. Borneo during the Confrontation with
Indonesia.. Secret Intelligence Service. British Adviser, Mission to
Vietnam. Counter- Insurgency Adviser SEATO. Died 1973 Bangkok.
NORGATE Mrs Diana
Evacuated, aged 26, with daughters Ann Frances [Frankie] & Victoria
[Vickie], aged 1 and 9 months,on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived
Liverpool 4.4.42. To Swannington near Norwich. Wife of Robert le
Grys [4SSVF POW].
NORRIS Philip James AMICE To Malaya 1929 aged 23. Assistant Engineer PWD Head Office,
Pahang. Wife and new baby evacuated to India. Lt SRE[V] evacuated
11.2.42 to Padang then on the Wu Chang to Ceylon. Later Army
Lt 16.10.44 to Major.
London Gazette records as Peter John Norris.
NORRIS Mrs Josephine
Evacuated with 2 children incl. daughter Noel Evelyn to Ceylon. Wife
of Dr V.H. [ murdered by the Japanese 25.2.42 Kandang Kerbau
Hospital, Singapore.]
NORTH-HUNT Mrs Patricia
Evacuated with daughter Pamela. Wife of Harold [Civilian internee].
NOTLEY Mrs Vera Hance
Evacuated to SA then the UK. Wife of G.M. Returned to Malaya until
the 1960s.
NOTT Ms Margaret
Teacher /Riding Mistress on the staff of Tanglin School, Cameron
Highlands. Aged 28 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Swansea. Bought a 48 acre farm &
riding school, Gower Coast, South Wales. Died 1985.
NUNN Leonard C.
Son of Albert. Aged 23 in 1942. Sub-Lt RNVR. To Batavia
NUNN Mrs Gertrude
Wife of Rex. former Opera singer. Hon. Organiser MAS Malaya. Lost
at sea 3.42 following the sinking of the Roosenboom
NUNN Reginald Lewis ‘Rex’ DSO Director of the PWD Straits Settlements and Adviser, Public Works,
Malay States 1935-1942. Group Captain RAFVR. OC MVAF 19411942. Organised the evacuation of many PWD personnel. Evacuated
from Singapore to Sumatra. Lost at sea 2.3.42 on the Roosenboom
NUNN Mrs Rose
Housewife aged 58 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Whipton, South Devon.
NUTT Reginald
From Cheshire. To Malaya1913. Joined Straits Plantations, Bagan Dato
Estate as bookkeeper then coconut planter H & C. and later Gordon
Frazer & Co. Ltd. Managed Arcadia Estate 1918-1938 and co-owner
Sussex Estate 1931-1950s. Manager, Blenheim Estate, Telok Anson
1939-41 Escaped to Australia as 3rd Engineer of a small ship.
Wife and daughter Marjorie evacuated on the Felix Roussel.
Returned with BMA 1945. Managed Perak River, Rungkup and
Blenheim Estate, Telok Anson, Perak, retiring in 1953 to
Southampton, Bermuda then London then Malaga. Died 6.5.70 Malaga,
Spain
O'BRIEN
Tin Miner in Southern Thailand. Lost at sea 15.2.42 following the
sinking of the VynerBrooke
O’BRIEN Mrs Elfrida
Housewife aged 39 in 1942. Evacuated with son Barry, aged 4,
on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To
Lanchester, Co.Durham.
O’BRIEN Mrs Catherine
Housewife aged 35 in 1942. Evacuated with son Eric, aged 7,on the
Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Leith, Edinburgh.
O'CALLAGHAN Mrs Alice Maud Evacuated, aged 39. Wife of John [ KVF to A & SH 1.42]. John was
killed in action 11.2.42 Bukit Timah, Singapore. Alice returned post
war and married a senior police officer.
O’CALLAGHAN Mrs Mary S.
Evacuated to Durban SA
O’CONNELL Mrs Agnes Marie
Housewife aged 30 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.
Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Bury, Lancs.
O’CONNELL Mrs Kathleen .J.
Evacuated to Durban SA
O’CONNELL Mrs Lucila
Evacuated with sons Maurice & Seamus b.1940. Wife of B.M.B.
[Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya post war. Lucila died
15.6.53.
O'CONNELL Paddy BE AMICE
To Malaya 1927 as Assistant Engineer PWD, Cameron Highlands.
Various appointments in Selangor, Johore, Brunei, NS, Kedah. Captain
RE. Evacuated to Padang then Colombo 2.42 then sent to join PWD
Kenya. Army Lt 333981 16.10.44. Returned to Malaya with BMA
1945. Retired 1951 as Director of PWD North Borneo. Consultant
Engineer to the Dublin Corporation, British Air Ministry and Ghana
Government. Wife Kathleen., children Barry, Miriam and Patsy. Paddy
died 1.12.65 Takoradi, Ghana.
O'CONNOR Kenneth Kennedy KBE QC [Kenya] MC Solicitor, Drew & Napier, Singapore & Tax
Department lawyer, Singapore. Married Margaret Helen [Peggy] Wise
1928. Two sons. K.K. escaped Singapore on yacht C14.. Joined
Colonial Legal Service 1943: Attorney-General, Nyasaland then
Malaya then Kenya. Chief Justice, Jamaica then Kenya then President
of the Court of Appeal, East Africa 1957-1962. Died 13.1.1985 [88].
O'DRISCOLL Mrs Elizabeth .M. Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of
Penang doctor, J.
O'FLYNN Mrs Diana
Evacuated. Wife of P.H. [FMS Police]. Returned to Malaya post
war.
O'GRADY Gerard Joseph B.Eng
. To Malaya 1928 as Assistant Engineer PWD FMS, Mentakab,
Pahang. Gnr SRA[V] [1937]. By 1937 Executive Engineer PWD.
Kuala survivor evacuated to Dabo/Padang then Colombo on SS Palopo
7.3.42 from Padang. Wife Irene., son James & daughter Irene
evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.
O’MALLEY Mrs Edna
Evacuated. Wife of F.B.[LDC/Civilian internee].
O'SHEA Mrs Jessie
Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 5.1.42. To Sydney,
Panama then to California. American wife of F.J. [Civilian internee].
O'SULLIVAN Mrs Edith Frances ‘Eve’ Dress Shop, Singapore. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng
Pinang
O'SULLIVAN Mrs Caroline ‘Carrie’ Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. To Perth
WA. Wife of T.A. [Civilian internee].
OAK-RHIND William Melfort
Joined Mansfields / Straits Steamship Company, Singapore from
Sandersons, Melbourne 1932. In 1938-9 Gnr SRA[V]. Captain 1SSVF.
Lived in Cable Rd, Singapore. Escaped Singapore 14.2.42 with
Mansfields party on Imperial Airways Launch. From Padang to
Tjilitjap on the Dumayer van Twist then on the Zaandam to Fremantle,
arriving 6.3.42. Wife Gwen [Gwendoline Mary Grafton – married 1939
Singapore] evacuated to Australia on the Gorgon. To Melbourne where
he took up employment with the Blue Funnel Agents till 1944. Director
of Mansfields 1950s. Retired to Mattingley, Hampshire 1963.
Gwendoline died 30.10.65 Mattingley. Children Penelope & Ian. W.M.
died 18.1.73 Dorchester Hospital.
OAKELEY Mrs Dianna
Evacuated with twin baby sons [born 30.7.41]. Wife of R.H.
[Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya post war.
OAKSHOTT Mrs Catherine
Evacuated with daughters Patricia & Sheila. Wife of B.F.
[Police/Civilian internee].
OATES Hugh Gordon ‘Hughie’
b.1911 Subiaco WA. Wearne Bros. Ipoh. Sgt Pilot MVAF.
Evacuated to Java then Australia. Wife Edna Lowe evacuated on
Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. He joined RAAF 29.4.42
Perth WA. Fl. Lt R/S Canberra. Discharged 6.10.45. Returned postwar
to a senior executive position with Wearne Bros. Retired to Perth WA.
He died there 5.6.90 [79] Mount Pleasant.
OGLE Mrs A.J.
Evacuated to Colombo. Husband a civilian internee.
OGLE Martin
Senior Master, Penang Free School. Pte 4996 SSVF. Wife and
children on flight to Sydney 12.1.42. He escaped to Padang
then to Colombo on HMS Dragon then 3.3.42 HMAS Hobart.
Remarried postwar: Dulcie Helena ‘Judy’ Tholen of Singapore
1946. Martin died 1994 Oxfordshire.
OGILVIE Dr Mrs Isobel Mary ‘Cissy’ MB ChB Educated Girls High School, Aberdeen and University of
Aberdeen. To Malaya 10.29. Wife of Clifford. Evacuated on the
Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Milltimber,
Aberdeenshire. Worked at Cardiff Hospital then returned to Malaya.
Died 6.5.56 [56]Batu Gajah Hospital.
OGILVIE Mrs Marjorie
Evacuated on Gorgon with sons J.G. and D.M. and daughter C.A.
Arrived Fremantle WA
OGILVIE Mrs Naomi
Evacuated with children Ann b.1931 & John b.1934 evacuated to
Scotland. Wife of T.Y. [LDC Civilian internee].
OKE Mrs Hilda Irene
Evacuated, aged 38, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool
19.3.42. To Woodford Green, Essex.Wife of Harry [Civilian internee].
Returned to Malaya then to SA.
OLD George Fearon
Cable & Wireless. Wife Winifred Mary evacuated. He lost at sea
15.2.42[43] on the SS Redang.
OLDHAM Mrs Hazel
Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of H.R. [FMSVF POW].
OLDHAM Mrs Madeline
Evacuated with daughter Kathleen on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle
WA 24.1.42.
OLDS George Donald Phillips ‘Donald’ BSc Agricultural Officer, Brunei & Labuan. Pilot Officer MVAF
Evacuated to Fremantle WA. Wife Rosemary Selwyn & daughter R.J.
evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Discharged
from MVAF 10.3.42. Appointed Chief Agricultural Advisor British
Honduras. Died 1.43 of appendicitis in British Honduras
.
OLIVER Mrs Edith Mary
Evacuated. Wife of W,H, [JVE POW]. Returned to Malaya post
War then to SA.
OLIVER Mrs Z.
Ministry of Information photographer. Evacuated 2.42 on Klang,
arriving Fremantle WA 2.3.42.
ONLEY Mrs Margaret Louise
Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Victoria,
Australia. Wife of S.T. [2FMSVF POW].
OPPENHEIM Mrs L.
Evacuated to NSW. Wife of L.A. [1SSVF POW].
OPPENHEIM Harry Rolf FCA
Chartered Accountant, McAuliffe, Davis & Hope, Ipoh. Married
Mary Edith Barbara Whittingham-Jones 1940 Singapore. QMS
Gunner 7807 FMSVF. Aged 39 in 1941-2. Escaped Singapore 2.42.
Died 1987 West Sussex.
OPPENHEIM D.
Asiatic Petroleum Company, Singapore Escaped 13.2.42 to Sumatra
on the launch Mutiara to Sumatra then on to Ceylon and Durban SA.
ORCHARD Mrs Rose Hilda
from Oldham. Widow living in KL. Evacuated to Durban SA –
To Addington Hospital, Durban. Died 29.11.45
ORMEROD Ms Ursula Dorothy
Evacuated, aged 42, to Fremantle WA on Charon 13.6.41 then
to Durban SA
ORMSTON Mrs Edith Muriel
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of F.R. [Civilian internee].
ORMISTON Mrs Eleanor
Evacuated, aged 28, with daughter Olive, aged 4, on the
Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Dundee.
Wife of P.V. [FMSVF POW].
ORR Mrs Anne.
Evacuated to Durban SA
ORR William FRCVS
Veterinary Officer, Singapore. Escaped from Singapore in a launch
12.2.42 with George Rocker & Ronald Wright. Reached Sumatra then
HMS Encounter to T.Priok. Reached Perth WA. Wife Ida Beatrice to
Australia pre-hostilities 4.41 on Charon. He was Lt Colonel BMA
Malaya 1945. He was killed in a car accident in Malaya 3.12.45.
She went to Nairobi then Applecros WA. She died 18.7.66 Perth WA.
Children Betty, Bill & Doris. Betty married Robert Gibson of Henry
Waugh & Co.KL.
OSBORN Mrs Lilian M.
Evacuated with daughter Joan G. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA
23.1.42. Later to Eastbourne UK. Wife of A.W. [LDC/Civilian
internee].
OSBORNE Eustace Misselbrook BSc AMICE PWD Engineer, Malaya 1936-1942. Lt VF. Evacuated to
Padang then India. To Nigeria as Executive Engineer 1942-1943.
Army Lieutenant 16.10.44. Returned as State Engineer, Kelantan
1946. Retired to Camberley, Surrey. Died 11.9.84.
OSBORNE Mrs Joey
Evacuated to Capetown SA. Wife of C.G. [Civilian internee].
OSBORNE Mrs Margaret
Evacuated. Wife of William [1FMSVF POW].
OSWALD Mrs Isabella
Housewife aged 32 in 1942. Evacuated with daughter Elizabeth, aged
2, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Dumbarton.
OSWELL Mrs Frederica
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of H.T.W. [Civilian internee]. Daughter
Rosamund.
OUTRAM Mrs Elsinor Nancy
Evacuated to India then on Dominion Monarch from
Bombay to Australia 5.42.
OWEN Mrs Eleanor Marjorie
Schoolteacher aged 27 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of
Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Wakefield, Yorkshire.
OWEN Mrs Elsie
Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of Dr C.T.J. [MAS/Civilian internee].
OWEN Mrs Lily
Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.
OWEN Stanley Felipe
PWD Assistant Engineer, Kuala Selangor, Malaya. Evacuated.
To Tanganyika. Post-war Acting Director of Public Works, Federation
of Malaya. Retired 1962. Married Audrey Lenora McCrea 1940
Singapore. Living in Aspley, Guise, Bedfordshire 1966.
OWEN Mrs Sybil Elizabeth
Housewife aged 34 in 1942. Wife of Gwilym. Married 1940. Evacuated
with son Gareth,aged 1, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool
4.4.42. To Cardiff. Son Robert born postwar.
OXLEY Mrs Jean
Evacuated with daughter Jill on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA
24.1.42.
PADDON Mrs Eva E.
Evacuated with daughters E. & Diana Vivien on Orion, arriving
Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Perth WA. Wife of C.E. [Civilian internee].
Retired to Epsom, Surrey.
PAGE Mrs Josephine Marion
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of A.R. [Civilian internee].
PAGE Mrs Florence Winifred
Evacuated, aged 29, with son Norman on Orion, arriving Fremantle
WA 6.1.42.
PAGE Mrs Gladys Isabel
Evacuated, aged 49, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool
19.3.42. To Pinner, Middlesex. Wife of H.J. [Civilian internee].
Wife of Lincoln [SRA[V] POW]. Returned to Singapore post-war. .
PAGE Mrs Molly
Evacuated with son George. Wife of H.L. [4SSVF POW].
.
Evacuated to Durban SA. To Capetown.
PAIN Mrs Phyllis A.
PAIN Herbert
b.1910. To Singapore 1938. Cable & Wireless Ltd, Electra House,
35 Robinson Rd, Singapore. Lost at sea on the MV Redang 15.2.42.
PALGRAVE Mrs Bertha
Evacuated. Wife of W,H. [Civilian internee]. Returned to Singapore
post war. Bertha died 2.8.51.
PALLISTER Mrs Muriel
Evacuated with son Michael on Charon, arriving Fremantle WA
18.1.42. Wife of Dr. S.A. [Civilian iternee]. Returned to Penang post
war. Retired to Berkhamsted. Muriel died 28.11.75 Halton.
PALMER Donald Horsley
Staff, Asiatic Petroleum Co.Ltd, Shell House, Collyer Quay, Singapore.
Evacuated to Bombay.
PALMER Mrs Jessie Margaret
Evacuated, aged 32, with son Michael, aged 1, on the Duchess of
Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Dulwich, London. Wife of
G.C.L. [JVE POW].
PALMER Mrs Rosamund
Evacuated with son David Anthony on Centaur, arriving Fremantle
WA 13.1.42. Wife of D.B. [Civilian internee]. Son David died in an
accident 12.56.
PANTLING Mrs Constance ‘Nanne’ Evacuated with daughter Hermione on Charon, arriving Fremantle
WA 18.1.42. Wife of R.H. [3FMSVF POW]. Returned to Malaya
1946-1948.
PAPE George Rawlings
Assistant Engineer PWD, FMS 1926. Executive Engineer KL District
1935 then Batu Pahat 1936. Personal Assistant to the Director/Adviser
PWD 1937 based at Singapore. Captain SSVF evacuated 2.42 to
Padang, Colombo then Bombay. Post-war Commissioner of Works,
Lusaka, N. Rhodesia.
PAPWORTH George
Evacuated to Sumatra then ?
PARAMOR Mrs Margaret ‘Peg’
Lady SuperIntendent, Fraser’s Hill for 27 years. Retired 1953.
Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of S.H. [Civilian internee].
Retired to Folkestone, Kent. Died 1986 West Sussex.
PARFITT Mrs Helen
from Croydon. Wife of Edmund [2FMSVF POW]. Wounded in Vyner
Brooke sinking. Died 20 [15?].2.42 aged 40, Banka Island
PARK Dr Charles Leslie
b.1886 Victoria, Australia. Educated University of Melbourne.
Director, Eastern Bureau, League of Nations, evacuated 3.2.42
PARK Mrs L.
Evacuated with daughters P. & D. on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA
6.1.42.
PARKER Mrs Elizabeth Dryden
Evacuated with son Campbell Moulden on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle
WA 31.12.41.
PARKER Mrs Gladys
Evacuated. Wife of Harold [Civilian internee].
PARKER Mrs Jean
Evacuated with son Walter on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA
24.1.42.
PARKER Mrs Pat
Evacuated with daughter Maureen and mother to Melbourne
PARKER Raymond Leslie
To Malaya 1938 aged 22. Staff, Asiatic Petroleum Company, Station
Rd, Ipoh. Left Singapore 13.2.42. Retired to Chislehurst, Kent.
Daughter Jacqueline.
PARKER Stanley Arthur
Engineer, Wearne Bros Ltd, 2 Penang Rd, Penang. Aged 41 in 1942.
Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42.
PARKER Mrs Sylvia Rose
Evacuated, aged 32, with daughters Louise Lovelle, aged 4,. & Diane
Beatrice, aged 7. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
PARKINSON Mrs Iris Enid
Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of
J.C. [2FMSVF POW]. Returned to Malaya post war.
PARKS Mrs Muriel
Evacuated with daughter Jennifer. Wife of W.J. [Police/
Civilian internee].
PARNELL Mrs Barbara
Evacuated, aged 36, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool
4.4.42. To Prestatyn, N.Wales. Wife of C.A. [FMSVF POW].
PARR R.
Sailmaker Chargeman at Naval Base evacuated on Francol 10.2.42
then Plancius to Colombo arrived 22.2.42
PARRETT Mrs Cignes.
Evacuated to Bombay. Wife of S.G.[Civilian internee]. Daughter
Muriel.
PARRISH Mrs Renee
A talented artist. Evacuated with daughter Simone C. on Aorangi,
arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of E.I. [MAS/Civilian internee].
Returned to Singapore post war. Renee died 19.11.2005 aged 97.
PARRY Mrs Dorothy Armstrong Stokes Wife of H.A. Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the Kuala
PARRY Mrs Elsie
Evacuated. Wife of C.B.P. [FMSVF].
PARSONS Archibald
Civil Acting Foreman of Shipyard, Singapore.
Recommended for BEM
PARSONS A.E.
To Malaya 1919 aged 20. Wharf Dept. Singapore Harbour Board.
Evacuated on Gorgon with wife M.F., arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42.
PARSONS Mrs Charity
Evacuated with son John on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA
24.1.42.
PARSONS Harold A. 'Nap'
from NZ. Planter Manager, Sungei Gumut Estate, Kulumpang,
Selangor. CSM 2FMSVF. Wounded 26.12.41 and evacuated Wife
Jessie evacuated to UK. He was lost at sea 28.2.42[45] on the Ban Ho
Guan
PARSONS W.S.W.
Agent, Mercantile Bank of India, Kota Bahru, Kelantan [1935
Directory] then 12 Market St KL [1940 Directory]. 2 nd Lt Selangor
LDC. Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
Returned to Singapore post war: Exchange Control Division 1950s.
PARTRIDGE Mrs L.
Evacuated with daughter A. & son A. on Charon, arriving Fremantle
WA 18.1.42.
PASCOE Mrs Malinda
Evacuated. [Wife of L.D. killed serving with LDC].
PASFIELD Mrs A.
Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of H.N.
[LDC/Civilian internee].
PASH Mrs Ivy
Evacuated to Australia. Wife of R.G. [Civilian internee]. Returned to
Malaya 1946-1953.
.
Housewife aged 71 on 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.
Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Merrington, Co.Durham.
PATEMAN Mrs Annie
PATERSON Mrs Ena
Evacuated with children Margaret & Duncan Alan to WA.
Wife of D.K. [FMSVF POW]. Returned to Malaya 1946
then to Sydney then Lae, New Guinea 1960s. Retired to Cairns.
PATERSON Mrs Millie
Housewife aged 41 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Glasgow.
PATERSON Mrs Nancy
Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of W.S. [FMSVF POW].
PATERSON William Dunbar
Planter, Gula Estate, Gula-Kalumpong Rubber Estates Ltd,
Parit Buntar, Perak. Wife Alice evacuated. Sgt 1FMSVF. Lost at sea
28.2.42 at sea on the Ban Ho Guan
PATON Mrs F.J.
Evacuated with daughter Pamela to Capetown SA. Wife of Dr F.J.
[JVE POW].
PATON Mrs Jean Thomson
Evacuated, aged 50, on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.
Daughter Jean Isobel.
PATON Mrs Marion McFadyen
Housewife aged 43 in 1942. Evacuated with children Kenneth &
Morag, aged 7 and 1, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool
19.3.42. To Dollar, Scotland.
PATTARA Ms Cheo
daughter of Mrs A.L. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng Pinang
PATTARA Ms Ive
Evacuated to Padang 2.42 then India
PATTARA Ms Thetie
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Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng Pinang
PATTARA Mrs Z. & daughter Ino Evacuated to Sumatra. On HMS Hobart 1..3.42 Padang to Colombo
then to India
PATTERSON Mrs Nettie
Evacuated with son Hamish [b.1941 Batu Gajah] to SA then to
Scotland. Wife of I.L. [FMSVF/Stay Behind POW]. Returned to
Malaya post war. Daughter Anna born 1947 JB.
PATTON Kenneth S.
American Consulate Staff then Consul General, Union Building,
Singapore. Evacuated on Gorgan, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42.
PAUL Noel Francis William
Planter Manager, Tarsus Estate, Port Dickson. A keen yachtsman –
in late 1930s took Merton Brown’s White Swan from Singapore to
Australia. Pilot Officer MVAF Lost at sea 16.2.42 off Muntok,
Sumatra. Fell overboard at night from an ML. .
PAWSON Mrs Anne.
Evacuated to Edinburgh. Wife of J.R.E. [Civilian internee].
PAXTON-HARDING Mrs Joy
Evacuated with daughter Philippa Ann to Durban SA on the Empress of
Japan. To Ceylon 1944 returning to Malaya 1945. Wife of Philip
[FMSVF killed in action].
PAY Leif Kaare
b.1906 Copenhagen. Danish aristocrat. To Malaya late 1920s. Planter,
United Plantations Ltd, Ulu Bernam Estate, Bernam Oil Plantations,
Hittan Melintang, Perak. ‘The Tiger of Ulu Bernam.’ Joined KL Flying
Club & purchased a Tiger Moth.MVAF 1941? Flew to Australia,
arriving Sydney 15.1.42. To USA then Canada where he joined RAF
Transport Command.
PAYNE Mrs Amy
Evacuated to Jo’burg SA. Wife of John [RAF POW].
PAYNE Mrs Anne.Louisa
Housewife aged 41 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
PAYNE Mrs Evelyn
Evacuated, aged 51, to Durban SA
PAYNE Mrs Jessie
Evacuated with 2 children to Perth WA. Wife of C.C. [Civilian
internee].
Evacuated, aged 48, to Durban SA
PAYNE Mrs Millicent
PAYNE Mrs Violet S.
Evacuated on the Aoranje with baby daughter P.E. to Adelaide.
Wife of F.J. [JVE POW].
PAYNE William
Planter, Singapore. Evacuated to Sumatra. On HMS Dragon from
Padang 1.3.42 then HMAS Hobart 3.3.42 to Colombo. Returned
1947.
PEACE Mrs Isa
PEACOCK Arnold Willis
Evacuated with daughter Elizabeth W. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle
WA 23.1.42. Wife of L.J. [ Perak LDC/ Civilian internee]. Returned to
Ipoh post war.
.
Engineer, Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co.Ltd, Sichon, Southern
Thailand. Evacuated on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41.
PEACOCK Mrs Catherine A.
Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of D. [Civilian internee].
Returned to Malaya 1950. .
PEACOCK Robert L.
To Singapore 1936 aged 23. Chartered Accountant, Accounts Dept,
Guthrie & Co.Ltd, Java St, Singapore. Wife evacuated to UK. L/Cpl
7754 FMSVF. Arrived Colombo on the Danae 5.3.42 then to Sydney.
PEALL Mrs Isabel
Evacuated pre-hostilities 6.41 with daughter Elizabeth on Charon to
Perth WA. Wife of R.H. [2FMSVF] who was killed in action Isabel
remarried 1947: John Crichton at Nedlands WA.
PEAKE Mrs Ruth
Evacuated with daughter S. and son W. pre-hostilities to
Australia then Canada Wife of E.L. [Civilian internee]. Retired to
Arundel, Sussex.
PEARCE Ms G.M.
Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
PEARCE James
Principal, Sultan Idris Teacher Training College, Tanjong Malim
Major OC Sultan Idris Company FMSVF then with Censor
Office. He, wife & 4 children to Perth WA 7.41. Returned post war
as Principal, Teachers Training College then 1949 State Education
Officer, Brunei. He died 28.12.60 Brunei.
PEARCE Mrs E. Margaret Mckintosh Evacuated with sons A.M. & I.M. to Perth WA pre-hostilities then
to UK. Wife of J.E. [1FMSVF POW]. Returned to Malaya post war.
PEARCE Mrs Rita
Evacuated. Wife of W.E. [FMSVF POW].
PEARLMAN Dr E.N.
Medical Officer, i/c Govt Hospital Kluang, Johore. He, wife Laura E.,
son J.H. b.1939 & daughter J. on Gorgon to WA 8.41.
Returned? Evacuated to India?
PEARSE Mrs Theodosia ‘Violet’ Evacuated, aged 35, with daughter Juliet, aged 4, on the Empress of
Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42.To Blackheath, London. Wife of
W.H. [Perak LDC/Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya post war.
PEARSON Mrs Dora ‘Heather’
Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of E.F. [Civilian internee]. Settled in
Praetoria SA post war. Dora died there 6.10.1953.
PECHE Ms E.
Headmistress Govt Girls English School and Supervisor of Malay
Girls School, Education Dept, Kelantan last heard of 13.2.42.
A Ms D.E.M. Peche arrived Fremantle WA on Gorgon 20.2.42
And Ms M.E.M. Peche 14.11.41 [also on Gorgon].
PECK Andrew
PECK David George
of the Flying Club
MVAF
on HMS Danae 24.2.42
Assistant Controller of Telecommunicatios, Post &Telegraphs, Malaya.
2nd Lt 14003 FMSVF Signals Company. Escaped from Singapore in
an oarless sampan on the night of 15.2.45 to Sumatra. Took the SS
Palima from Padang 1.3.42 Arrived Colombo 10.3.42. To Kenya.
Died 1999 Oxfordshire.
PEDDIE Mrs T.G.
Evacuated. Husband a Kelantan Volunteer Force POW. Retired to
Sydney.
PEDLOW Joseph Howard BA
Justice Lawyer and Puisne Judge , Straits Settlements 1936-1942.
Evacuated 2.42 to Sumatra[Padang]. Wife E.G. evacuated to UK.
Daughter Elizabeth. Youngest son Malcolm. J.H. was lost at sea
28.2.42 on the Ban Ho Guan. Widow living in Mill Hill 1940s to
1960s.
PEEK Mrs Ethel Hilda
Evacuated, aged 56, to Java, Colombo, Simla, SA then to the UK.
Wife of S.H. [Civilian internee]. Sons Denys & Ron SSVF POWs.
Returned to Singapore post war.
PEEL Mrs Rosemary Mia Minka
Evacuated with 2 daughters on the Empress of Japan to South Africa.
Wife of W.J. [MCS/SSVF POW]. Returned to Far East 1946.
PEEL-YATES Mrs Mary Christina Stenographer aged 23 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of
Japan. To London. Wife of Lt Eric ‘John’ Peel-Yates, 2nd East
Surreys. They married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd,
Singapore 31.12.41. He a POW. Later to South Africa then Rhodesia.
PEERS Mrs Nicolasa Nora
Evacuated to India. Wife of S.W. [ISSVF POW]. Returned to
Singapore post war.
PEET Mrs Laura
Evacuated. Wife of G.L., a Giang Bee survivor who was interned.
Returned to Singapore post war then to Perth WA. Laura died 1969.
PEGG T.G.F.
Police Officer
Evacuated 2.42 to Padang then India.
[if Timothy George Foster, he joined the RA as a Lt in India
Died 4.8.42. Grave at Delhi War Cemetery]
PELTON Mrs Maude
Evacuated, aged 37, on the Duchess of Bedford. Son Foster and
daughter Doris also evacuated. Retired to Monkseaton, Whitley Bay.
Husband Foster an FMSVF/General List POW. Returned to Malaya
post war.
PENDLEBURY Mrs Phyllis
Evacuated with daughter P. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA
23.1.42 then to Rhodesia. Wife f H.M. [Civilian internee].
PENNINGTON Mrs Daphne
Evacuated on the Empress of Japan 30.1.42. Wife of Brian [SRE[V]
POW]. Children Brian [b.9.42 Rochdale] & Rosemary [b. 10.40].
Returned to Malaya 1946..
PENNINGTON Thomas W.
Staff, Asiatic Petroleum Company, Shell House, Collyer Quay,
Singapore. Evacuated to Australia – wife Jocelyn & son [b.11.39] too
Lived at 6 Cluny Park, Singapore.
PENNY Mrs F.
Evacuated with daughter H. and son J. on Orion, arriving Fremantle
WA 6.1.42.
PENSELER Mrs Lucy DSC MA
Colonial Service Nursing Sister. Lost at sea 17.2.42
[47] on the Tanjoeng Pinang. Wife of Dr Wulfrum Penseler[Civilian
internee].
PEPPER Ms Eileen
Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.
PEPPER Maurice B.
Assistant SuperIntendent Engineer, SSC Marine SuperIntendent
Mansfields. Aged 38 in 1942. Evacuated on SS Ipoh then MV Charon
to Perth, arriving Fremantle WA 26.2.42. Wife Alice Ward, aged 35,
evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42.
PEPPER Mrs Violet Irene
Evacuated with son John Michael, aged 6, arriving Fremantle WA
31.12.41 on Ulysses. To Sydney Wife of J.E. [Civilian internee].
Returned to Singapore 1946. Daughter Jennifer.
PEPYS Mrs Violet Maude
Evacuated with daughter Sheila to Bombay. Wife of W.E. [Civilian
internee]. Post war in South Africa where Violet died 26.8.60
PERCIVAL Mrs Edna
Evacuated with daughters S.J. and S.M. on the Aoranji arriving
Fremantle WA 23.1.42. To Dawlish UK. Wife of A.S.F. [1FMSVF
POW].
PERCY Mrs Edith Ella
Evacuated, aged 50,wih children George & Gillian, aged 16 and 14, on
the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. Wife of G.R.
[1SSVF POW]. He was evacuated on the MV Redang 12.2.42.
Ship sunk. Rescued by HMS Tapah and captured at Muntok 17.2.42.
PERKINS Mrs R..
Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of R.B. [JVE to Malay Regiment
POW]. Returned to Malaya 1946.
PERRIN Mrs Eva Annie Maud
Evacuated, aged 50, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool
4.4.42. To Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Wife of A.V. [Kedah
Special Police/Civilian internee].
PERRIN Ms Margaret
Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.12.41.Returned
1948.
PERROTT Mrs Valerie
Evacuated with daughter C.V. b. 1940 to Batavia then to Sydney
arriving on the Ruys 20.1.42. To Melbourne. Wife of W.R.S. [FMSVF
Light Battery POW]. Returned to Singapore post war.
PERRY Mrs Alexandra
Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42.
PERRY Arthur Cecil
from Cornwall. Planter, Sepang Valley Estate, Kedah then Engineer,
Anglo-Oriental, Malim Newar. Wounded then lost at sea 13.2.42 [55]
on the Giang Bee
PERRY Mrs Mary Cecilia
Evacuated with baby daughter. Husband D.V.P. a civilian internee].
PERRY Ms M.
from Stanford Bridge, Worcester. To Malaya 1940. Colonial Service
Nursing Sister, General Hospital, Malacca. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the
Tanjoeng Pinang
PERRY M.A.
Evacuated on Charon, arriving Fremantle WA 18.1.42.
PERY Henry Vernon Horseley
Manager, Han Yang Estate, Masai. Aged 61 in 1942. He and wife
Dorothy Maud, aged 54, evacuated to Cape Town SA. He died 1943
Cape Town.
PETERKIN Mrs Greta Mary
Evacuated on Gorgon 13.2.42, arriving Fremantle WA 20.4.42.
She worked for Dalgetys, Perth WA till 1944 then to the UK on Nestor.
Wife of W.F. [MAS/Civilian internee]. He died in captivity. Greta
remarried 1956 [to Harold Smyth].
.
PETERS Mrs K.M.
Evacuated with son D.M. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
PETERSON Mrs E.
Evacuated to Durban SA
PETHER Mrs Kathleen Brennan
Evacuated with baby daughter Maureen Elizabeth on the Scott Harley
then Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 12.41. To Dunedin NZ. Wife of
H.E. [3SSVF Civilian internee]./
PETHERBRIDGE John Gardner
Manager, Gopeng Consolidated, Ipoh. Sub-Lt MRNVR HMS
Li Woh. Died of wounds 15.2.42. Wife M. & children Julie and Bob
evacuated to Australia
PETRIE Mrs Catherine
Evacuated to Australia then to the UK with children Graham & Ian.
Wife of J.D. [3SSVF POW].
PETRIE Mrs Enid
Evacuated, Wife of Bruce. To Singapore post war.
PHAROAH Mrs P.M.
Evacuated with daughter A. on Orion, arriving Frematle WA 6.1.42.
Wife of A.M. [SSVF POW].
PHILIP Mrs Margaret
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of James [Civilian internee].
PHILLIPS Basil Gordon
Assistant Planter, Henrietta Rubber Estate Ltd, Kedah, Sgt KVF
Armoured Cars to FMSVF Evacuated 2.42 to Padang, Colombo on the
Wu Chang then India. Commissioned into Indian Army 2.43: Lt to
Major 2nd Punjabs/Force 136. Dropped into Burma [Operation Spiers]
then NS Malaya 1945 [Operation Humour /Willow]. Mentioned in
Despatches. Returned to Henrietta Estate 1947. Married Jean Nolan
[daughter of V.C. Nolan of Penang] 1950. Children Annabel, Louise &
Nicholas. Basil died 27.2.2004.
PHILIP Mrs Helena Margaret
Housewife aged 29 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.
Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Aberdeen.
PHILLIP Mrs D.
Evacuated to Bombay with daughter, Kitty. Husband a civilian
internee.
PHILLIPS Mrs Rose
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of Collingwood [Civilian internee].
Retired post war to Newquay.
PHILLIPS Mrs Eve Constance
Evacuated. Wife of C.G.R. [Civilian internee]. Son Martin.
PHILLIPS Ernest Johnston BSc
Assistant Registrar of Statistics SS & FMS. Sgt SRA[V] to Sgt Pilot
MVAF – arrived Fremantle WA. Married Joan Margaret Dickson 1938
Singapore – she was evacuated. Retired to Burgess Hill, Sussex.
PHILLIPS Mrs Gwendolin
Housewife aged 24 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of
Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Goodmayes, Essex.
PHILLIPS James Carleton
Brother of C.A. Assistant, Kinta Kellas Rubber, Batu Gajah,
Perak. Sgt 1FMSVF on the Celia out of Singapore 14.2.42
then on the SS Dumeyer van Twist from Padang to Tjilitjap.
Arrived Fremantle WA on the Zaandam 7.3.42. Wife Peg evacuated
to Perth WA. Daughter Linda. He died 1950s.
PHILLIPS Mrs Madge
Evacuated to the UK. Missing? Wife of Rex [KVF].
PHILLIPS Mrs Olive
Evacuated. Wife of J.H. [Civilian internee]. Returned to Singapore
post war.
PHILLIPS Mrs Ruth
Evacuated to Barnstable, UK. Wife of M.L. [Civilian internee].
PHILLIPS Mrs Viti
Evacuated to NZ. Wife of R.eginald [Civilian internee].
PHILLIPS T.H.B.[Tom]
HM Customs, Province Wellesley. Pte 1FMSVF. Father in Singapore
Escaped Singapore 16.2.42. Wife V. evacuated to Capetown SA
where he joined her. She died there 6.2.44.
PHILLIPS Mrs Valda Barclay
Housewife aged 26 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.
Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Whitchurch, Shropshire.
PHILLIPS Mrs Vera Evelyn
Evacuated with daughter M.V. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA
23.1.42.
PHILP Mrs Gladys
Evacuated, aged 49, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool
4.4.42. To Leeds. Wife of D. [Civilian internee].
PHILP Mrs Morna Elizabeth.
Evacuated with son Donald &daughter Glenys on Orion, arriving
Fremantle 6.1.42. Wife of W. [Civilian internee].
PHIPPS Mrs Aileen
Evacuated with daughter Angela to the UK. Wife of W.A.
[Civilian internee]. Retired to Seaford, Sussex.
PHIPPS Mrs Bertha Emma
Evacuated to NSW Australia Husband a civilian internee.
PICKARD Mrs Eileen
Evacuated on Charon, arriving Fremantle WA 18.1.42. Wife of R.H.
[1SSVF POW].
PICKERING Mrs A.
Evacuated on Orion with sons J. & J. and daughter J. Arrived
Fremantle WA 6.1.42.
PICKFORD Mrs Olive
Wife of Alfred [MVAF POW]. Aged 37 in 1942. Evacuated to the UK.
PICKTHALL Mrs Elizabeth
Evacuated, aged 36, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool
4.4.42. To Clifton, York. Daughter E. and son R. evacuated on Orion,
arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of J.R.M. [MRNVR/Civilian
internee].
PICKUP Ms Margery Mary
Educated St George’s School, Doncaster. To Malaya 1925 as Nursing
Sister SS General Hospital, Singapore. By 1937 Matron as the
General Hospital then Matron, Penang. Aged 55 in 1942. Evacuated on
the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Grantham, Lincs.
Died 5.7.66 Grantham.
PIENNE Adolphe Charles
b.1907 Islington. Chartered Mechanical & Electrical Engineer:
Assistant, Osborne & Chappel, Ipoh. Sgt MVAF. On HMS Danae
24.2.42 to Fremantle WA 10.3.42. Returned to Osborne & Chappel,
Ipoh 1946. Wife Mary Edith died 4.8.68 Guildford.
PIERREPONT Mrs Kathleen
Evacuated to Double Bay, Sydney. Wife of C.H.F. [JVE POW].
Daughters Anne Mary & Kathleen.
PIKE Mrs Mary Isobel
Evacuated, aged 38, with son Harry, aged 13, on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Addlestone, Surrey. Returned to
Singapore 1947. Wife of H.E. [SHB].
PILTER Mrs Dora Annie
Evacuated. Wife of A.M. [Perak LDC/Civilian internee].
PINHEY John Winthrop ‘Jack’
from Paignton, Devon. Brother of R.A. Lt Commander RN. Planter,
Henrietta Estate, Padang Serai, South Kedah [1933 Directory]..
Then Utan Simpan Estate, Kuang, Selangor [1940 Directory].
Married Olive Vernon Hume 1934 Penang. 2nd Lt 2FMSVF 7.39 then
returned as Lt Commander RN Intelligence – evacuated - on the
Wu Chang then on to Ceylon. Joined wife in SA. She, Mrs Sylvia &
daughter Ruth evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.
1952: Sabai Estate, Bentong, Pahang 1969: resident in Cascais,
Portugal
PINK Mrs J.H.
Evacuated to Bangalore, India Husband a civilian internee.
PINKERTON Mrs Mary ‘Mollie’ Evacuated. Wife of W.J.D. [Civilian internee]. Retired to Kilcreggan,
Dumbartonshire. Mollie’ died there 11.1950.
PINNICK Mrs Agnes
Evacuated with son John on Aorangi,arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
Wife of A.W. [Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya post war.
Agnes died 6.8.1953.
PIPER Harry Thomas
To Malaya 1914 aged 33. Senior Manager, United Sua Betong Rubber
Estates. Wife Constance. Son born 1929 Singapore. Escaped to SA.
Returned 1945.
PIRIE Mrs Helen Josephine
Housewife aged 21 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.
Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Portchester.
PITT Mrs Myrtle
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of G.J.G. [Civilian internee]. Returned to
Singapore post war.
PITTMAN Mrs J.B.
Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle
WA 20.2.42. Wife of W.H. [FMSVF POW].
PIVETTA Arthur Sydney
Naturalised Australian of Italian extraction. Assistant, Anglo-Oriental.
L/Cpl 13728 1FMSVF escaped Blakang Mati, Singapore 16.2.42.
Arrived Colombo. Lived in Newport, Australia post war. Died 10.2.68.
PLAYFAIR Giles
b.1910. Educated Harrow & Oxford University. MBC Talks Director.
Arrived Singapore 8.12.41. Evacuated 12.2.42 on the Ping Wo
American wife Carol and step-daughter Amanda evacuated 1.42.
Arrived Fremantle WA on Klang 2.3.42 then to Sydney. Author
"Singapore Goes off the Air." Post war actor & penal reformer.
Died 1996.
PLENCKERS Mrs Lilian
widow, Singapore. Lost at sea 14.2.42[47] on the Kuala
PLENCKERS Lilian
her daughter. Lost at sea 14.2.42 [18] on the Kuala
PLENCKERS Sylvia
her sister. Lost at sea 14.2.42 [16] on the Kuala
PLUNKETT Mrs Elsie
Evacuated pre-hostilities to WA on Gorgon 11.7.41. Wife of J.O.
[SRE[V]/RE POW].
POBJOY John
Straits Steamship Company, Sandakan. Aged 38 in 1942. Captain Win
Lim wounded 1.42. Arrived Fremantle WA 26.2.42 on Charon from
Batavia.
PONSONBY Cecil Gordon
Manager, Sedgeley [FMS] Rubber Co. Ltd, Selangor. FMSVF
Evacuated to Padang then? Returned to Sedgeley Estate 1946.
POOLEY Mrs Phillipa Rose
Evacuated with son Frederick Thomas on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle
31.12.41. Wife of F.G. [3SSVF]. Returned to Penang post war.
POPE Mrs Mary Isabel
Housewife aged 45 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.
Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Staines, Middlesex. Wife of H.C.G.
POPPLE Mrs K.M.
Wife of Alan. Aged 32 in 1942. Evacuated to the UK
PORTER Mrs J.
Evacuated on Orion with Mrs W. Porter, sons A, B & E and
daughter P. Arrived Fremantle WA 6.1.42.
PORTER Mrs Juanita
Evacuated, aged 44, with children Dexter & Juanita Joy, aged 5 & 12,
on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Redhill,
Surrey. Wife of W.G. [Police SS/Cicilian internee]. Returned to
Singapore post war, he as Coroner..
PORTER Mrs Lily
Evacuated 31.1.42 on the Empress of Japan to SA. To UK 1944. Wife
of H.A. [SRE[V] POW].
PORTER Mrs Myra
A dental surgeon, aged 24, evacuated on the Empress of Japan. Arrived
Liverpool 19.3.42. To St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Wife of T.F.
[FMS Police/Civilian internee].
POTTER Mrs Barbara
Evacuated. Wife of J.B. [SRA[V] POW]. Returned to Malaya post war.
POTTS Arthur Cecil OBE MC JP Manager, Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd, Singapore & various
Insurance companies. Lived at 31 Ridout Rd, Singapore. Wife
Catherine ‘Kitty’ lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjong Pinang. He wa
s evacuated to UK? Died 3.3.62 Weybridge, Surrey.
POTTS Gordon Alan MC 1917 OBE 1932 JP Harrison&Crossfield from 1919 Chief Executive, Cold
Storage Singapore. CO 1SSVF till 1936. Lt Colonel SSVF Reserve.
Wife Dorothie Gwenllian nee Davies – married 1918- evacuated on
Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. Returned postwar as No.1
Singapore Cold Storage. President of the British Association of Malaya
1950s. In 1961 resident Chinnor Hill, Oxon Dorothie died 19.12.1972
Chinnor Hill, Oxon.
POULAIN Mrs Doris Mabel
Evacuated with son Christopher Geoffrey Leon [Chris] b.1933
Singapore, to Fremantle WA on the TSS Ulysses, arriving 31.12.41.
Wife of H.L. [Police SS/Civilian internee.
POULDEN Mrs Lucy Pascoe
Housewife aged 28 in 1942. Evacuated with children Roger &
Anthea, aged 4 & 2, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived
Liverpool 4.4.42. To Bodmin, Cornwall.
POULSEN Mrs Meta Elvina
Danish wife of Magnus [1SSVF]. Evacuated early, aged 30, with
daughters Annelise Marie & Jynette to WA on Gorgon 7.41.
POWELL Mrs E.
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of C.G. [Civilian internee].
POWELL Mrs Doris
Evacuated with son David on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA
24.1.42.
POWELL-EVANS Mrs Jessie
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of V.W. [FMS Police/Civilian internee].
Returned to Malaya post war.
POYNTON Mrs C.
Evacuated to WA. Wife of Dr. J.O. [Civilian internee].
To Adelaide post war.
POYNTZ-ROBERTS Mrs Mary K. Evacuated to Durban SA then to the UK. Wife of Norman [Civilian
Internee]. Returned to Malaya post war.
PRATT Mrs Mary
Evacuated with children on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42.
Wfe of D.F. [Civilian internee].
PRATT Mrs Dorothy
Evacuated , aged 43, with daughter Joan, aged 16,
to Durban SA then... Wife of E.C.B. [Civilian internee].
PRATT Mrs Ivy Helen
Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. With. son P. to
Berkshire, UK. Wife of F.J. [Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya
post war. Ivy died 18.4.69 Maidenhead. Children Tony & Helen.
PRATT Mrs Dorothy
Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of F.T.B.
[MAS/Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya post war then joined
daughter Winsome in Kenya.
PRATT J.C.
Prisons Dept, Singapore then Seremban. Mortally wounded on
the Vyner Brooke 15.2.42.
PRATT Mrs Nellie
Wife of J.C. [Kedah Special Police to LDC/Civilian internee].
Evacuated aged 41, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool
19.3.42. To Worth, Sussex.
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PRATT William Hay
of W.H. Pratt Ltd, Seremban NS. Wife Catherine Hay Pratt evacuated.
He was reported killed by the Japanese 14.2.42 Banka Island.
Catherine died 23.6.1957 Brighton.
PRENTICE Ms Eileen Beatrice
Child’s Nurse aged 29 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan.
Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To London SW7. Died 1998 Hants.
PRENTIS Mrs Joyce
Wife of Roger. Lost at sea 14..2.42[52] on Kuala?? [according to
Changi Register evacuated to Kent, UK
PRESCOTT Mrs Elsie Barbara
Wife of J.M. [Civilian internee]. Evacuated, aged 43, on Gorgon,
arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. Returned to Singapore post war.
Elsie died 28.5.49 Singapore General Hospital. Son Bruce Lamont.
PRESS Clement Frederick AMIME from Blackley, Manchester. Transportation Dept. FMS
Railways KL. Lt MRNVR Lost at sea 13.2.42 HMS Aquarius off
Tjebia. Wife Morna evacuated & lived post war in Berkhamsted,
Herts.
PRESTON Mrs Andrina Mary
Housewife aged 39 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.
Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Helensburgh, Scotland.
PRETTY Mrs Merrall Josephine
Evacuated with daughters Susan & Cynthia to Durban SA. Wife of
E.E.F. [ARP/Civilian internee]. Returned to Far East post war.
PREVETT Mrs D.
Evacuated to the UK. Wife of J.E. [Civilian internee].
PRICE Mrs Audrey L.
Evacuated, aged 34 on Aorangi , arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42.
PRICE Mrs B.
Evacuated with daughter J. & son K. on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA
6.1.42.
PRICE Mrs Ellen Annie
Queen’s Army Schoolmistress aged 37 in 1942. Evacuated with
daughter Pamela, aged 4, on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived
Liverpool 4.4.42. To Gillingham, Kent.
PRICE Edwin William
of 28 Tambun Rd, Ipoh. Wife Florence Alice Kate, aged
57 in 1942, evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived
Liverpool 4.4.42. To Tooting., S.W. London. He was lost at sea
14.2.42[49] on the Tien Kwang
PRICE Mrs Florence Alice Kate
Housewife aged 57 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford.
Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Tooting, London SW17.
PRICE Mrs Kathleen Pearson
Wife of W.G.of Butterworth. Evacuated with daughter Margaret
King on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41.
PRICE Lloyd
PWD Engineer, Singapore. Evacuated 2.42. Served in Indian Army
1942-1944 till invalided out to UK. Returned to Malaya 1945.
PRICE Ms Marion Elizabeth
Schoolteacher aged 37 in 1942. Evacuated on the Duchess of
Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Leatherhead.
PRICE Mrs R.E.
Evacuated with sons N.A. & R.C. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA
23.1.42. Husband in 2FMSVF.
PRICE Mrs Mabel
Evauated to Perth WA.. Wife of William [ARP/Civilian internee].
PRICE Mrs Rose
Salvation Army Captain. Wife of W.A. [Salvation Army/Civilian
internee]. She was evacuated to Sydney.
PRICE Mrs W.J.S.
Evacuated to the UK. Husband a civilian internee.
PRINCE Mrs Leila
Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42 then to
Durban SA
PRINCE Jmes Edmund BA AMICE b.1909. 2nd Lt RE 1.36. To Bermuda 1938 then Malaya 1939.
Drainage & Irrigation Engineer, PWD Lt Escaped from St John’s
Island in a sampan. Reached Sumatra. Evacuated to Padang 2.42,
Colombo then India. Returned 1947: D.&I., Johore 1950s.
PRINGLE Mrs I.O.
Evacuated to WA. Wife of G.C.W.[Civilian internee]. Returned to
Malaya post war.
PRIOR Mrs Violet L.
Evacuated to Natal SA. Wife of R.H.C. [Civilian internee].
PRITCHARD Mrs Audrey
Evacuated, aged 27, with son Patrick [b.1940 JB], aged 1, on the
Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Caterham, Surrey.
Wife of D.G. [ARP Johore/Civilian internee].
PRITCHARD Mrs M.
Evacuated with daughter M. on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA
6.1.42.
PROCTOR Mrs A.W.
Evacuated with son Alan on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42
then to Hawke’s Bay NZ. Wife of Alan [JVE POW].
PROCTOR Mrs Eve
Eevacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle W.A.20.2.42. Wife of
G.F. [Perak LDC/Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya post war.
PROUD Harry
Mechanical Engineer: Manager, Singapore Traction Company.
Aged 46 in 1942. Captain 1SSVF. Wounded and evacuated 13 2.42 on
Kuala - sunk – reached Padang then on HMAS Hobart to Colombo
1.3.42. To Perth WA. Died 23.7.65 [69] Geraldton WA.
PROUT Stanley Yerward
Senior Marine Engineer SSC then 1940 to Pacific Tin Mines, KL.
Aged 41 in 1942. Sapper, Singapore Fortress Company RE till 1939
then Sub-Lt RNVR. Wife Alice Olga died 1938 aged 35. LDC
Singapore 2.42. Captured and detained in a south coast Police station.
Escaped Singapore with 33 others in need of a sailor 16.2.42.
Evacuated 2.42 to Padang then Tjilitjap, Java then on the Zaandam to
Fremantle WA, arriving 6.3.42. Children Maisie & Olga evacuated on
Orion, arriving Fremantle 6.1.42. John spent the Japanese Occupation
with Eurasian relatives in Penang.
PROUT Mrs N.
Evacuated with daughter Barbara on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA
6.1.42.
PUCKERIDGE Hugh Victor ‘Robert’ DFC AFC From Pinhoe, Devon. Selangor Rubber Planter
Damansara Estate, Klang and post-war Manager Jenderak Estate,
Selangor. Married Effie Molyneux [Molly] Combe 1936 – see below.
Lt 2FMSVF Transport Section. Chang Tee survivor 14. 2.42. Escaped
to Ceylon FL.Lt RAFVR Acting ADC to Colonel Rosenberg who was
lost at sea. Returned to Malaya 1946: Damansara Estate, Batu Tiga,
Selangor. Post-war Honoury Inspector, Auxilliary Police, Federation of
Malaya. 1952: c/o the Rest House, Bentong, Pahang. Died 31.8.66
Devizes Hospital, Wiltshire.
PUCKERIDGE Mrs Molly
Wife of H.V. Evacuated on Empress of Japan 1.42
PULFORD Mrs Sybil
Evacuated on Narkunda with daughters Jeanne & Antoinette, arriving
Fremantle WA 24.1.42. RAF wife?
PURDIE Mrs Carol Mary
Evacuated with son & baby daughter Diana b.1.42 on the Felix Roussel
to India then to the USA. Wife of Dr Donald [1SSVF POW].
PURRIER John Harewood
Manager, Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, Singapore.
Exempted from VF Service 9.40. Escaped Singapore 2.42.
Arrived Fremantle WA 6.3.42 on the Zaandam. Wife Adele, aged 41,
evacuated on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42.
To West Wickham, Kent.
PURSER Bertram M.
To India 1933 then Bangkok then Singapore. Assistant, Chartered
Bank, Singapore. Pte 1SSVF ‘S’ Company. Evacuated 2.42. WW2
Service in India & China. Returned to Singapore 1946: a Director of
Anglo-French & Bendixsens Ltd. In 1956 a Director of Stanton Nelson
& Co.Ltd [Rubber Brokers], Singapore.
PURVIS Peter Black
Manager, W.Hammer & Co. [Water Suppliers to Ships], Singapore.
Pte in Scottish Company 1SSVF early 1930s. Exempted from VF
Service 9.40. Married Mary Jane Brown 1931. Left Singapore on
waterboat Daisy 12.2.42. Arrived Fremantle WA 6. 3.42 on the
Zaandam. Wife Mary Jane evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle
WA 20.2.42. Daughter Jean b.1934 & son James b.1932. to WA 1.41
Elder daughters Lucille & Eva. Post-war Managing Director, W.
Hammer & Co.Ltd. Retired 1954 to Aberfoyle, Scotland after 28 years
with this Company. An active Freemason in Singapore.
PYBUS Mrs Jessie Winifred
Evacuated, aged 35, on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool
19.3.42. To London NW13. Wife of V.B. [SHB/Civilian internee].
PYKE Mrs Aeta’ ‘Jim’
Evacuated with children Jeffrie & Jill. Wife of E.E. [FMSVF Armoured
Cars POW].
PYNE Raymond Woodschow
Planter Manager on Pulau Samboe. Escaped with de Burgh Thomas &
Jimmy Green to Sumatra. Eventually evacuated to Jo’burg SA. Wife
Elfrieda Eleanor evacuated. Returned to Malaya 1946. He died 1967
Kent.
PYPER Mrs Helen
Evacuated on the Empress of Japan. Arrived Liverpool 19.3.42.
To Parkstone, Dorset. Wife of J.R. [Customs attached to RASC].
QUARMBY Charles D..
Education Dept, Singapore then Penang 1921-1940. An Elder of the
Presbyterian Church. Evacuated, aged 62 to Durban SA then
Capetown. Living in Durban SA 1948. Still there 1966 aged 88.
QUINN Mrs B.A.
Evacuated with daughter H.B. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA
23.1.42. Wife of J.P. [2SSVF/Civilian internee].
QUIXLEY Ronald Walter DFC 1945 Assistant Immigration Officer, Penang. MVAF D Flight
Ipoh. RAFVR1942-1945: Fl. Lt 28 Squadron. Joined Malayan Police
Post war. Married Barbara Margaret Moon of Singapore 1949.