ABBETT Ms Sophie Abed - Malayan Volunteers Group

EVACUEES A to C. 

ABBETT Ms Sophie Abed 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. Sister of Isaac & Stanley 

[Civilian internees]. 

ABERNETHY Mrs Winifred Margaret Jane Evacuated, aged 33 in 1942, with daughters Veronica Jean 

Fenella & Winifred Leslie Fiona. 

ABRAMS Mrs Millicent Blanche Housewife, aged 35, evacuated from Singapore on the Duchess of 

Bedford with children Dora, aged 5 and Gordon aged 7. Arrived 

Liverpool 4.4.42. To Portchester. 

ACKRILL Mrs Irene 

ACTON Mrs Mary Josephine 

ADAM Mrs Joan 

ADAMS Mrs Jesse 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of R. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated. Wife of R.J. 

Evacuated to Australia on the Gorgon. Daughters Judy Joan & 

Judy also evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of F.M. [ARP/Civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated aged 38 with 2 month old son Alan to WA, arriving 

Liverpool 19.3.42 via Capetown on the Empress of Japan. Then to 

Bonnybridge, Scotland. 

ADAMS Mrs Charlotte Winifred A professional mezzo soprano, and son Michael b.1937 

evacuated to Usmbara Mountains, Tanganyika. Wife of B.M. 

ADAMS Mrs Dora 

Housewife aged 58 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan 

to WA then via Capetown SA arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. 

To Wallington, Surrey. 

ADAMS Ms E.E. Evacuated on Marella. Arrived Fremantle WA 27.2.42. 

ADAMS Mrs Jessie 

ADAMS Ms Josephine ‘Josie’ 

ADAMS M.E. 

Evacuated, aged 34, with infant daughter J.H.S. on Gorgon. 

Arrived Fremantle WA 20.2.42. Wife of A.H. [Civilian internee]. 

from Workington, Cumberland Nanny to a British Army family 

Believed lost at sea 14/17.2.42 

SuperIntendent Civil Engineer, Singapore Naval Base 

Evacuated 30.1.42 for Colombo 

ADAMS Mrs Monica Mary Osborne Evacuated with daughter Jane Elizabeth on Ulysses. Arrived 

Fremantle WA 31.1.42. 

ADAMS Mrs Pauline ‘Ida’ 

ADAMS Mrs Jeanie 

ADAMSON Mrs A. 

Evacuated to WA on Orion – arrived Fremantle 6.1.42. Wife of 

S.S. [MAS/Civilian internee]. Pauline died 1.5.58 [62] Penang 

Evacuated to W.A. via Batavia on Nellore, arriving Fremantle 

8.1.42. 

Evacuated to UK Wife of R. [Civilian internee]. 

ADAMSON William D.A. Assistant Planter, Jong Landor Estate, Tapah, Perak [ 1933 & 1935 

Directories]. Aged 45 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan 

to WA then to Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42 then to 

Renfrewshire 

ADCOCK Mrs Mabel 

Aged 40 in 1942. Evacuated to W.A. on the Empress of Japan then 

on to Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42 then to Norwich.

Wife of A. [Civilian internee]. 

ADDIS John H. 

ADDISON Mrs Amelia 

AGAR Mrs Phyllis 

AINGER Mrs Violet Majorie 

AINGER Mrs Gytha, 

AIRD Mrs Ali [Alistrina] 

AITKEN Gordon P. 

AITKEN Mrs Ruth 

AITKEN Mrs Elizabeth ‘Betty’ 

AKERS Mrs Amelia Margaret 

AKHURST Mrs Georgina 

ALBERT Mr & Mrs B.N. 

ALDERSON Elizabeth & Adele 

Wharf Accountants Office, Singapore Harbour Board 

Left Singapore on the Bagan. Wife A.W. evacuated to 

SA. 

Evacuated with son B. arriving at Fremantle WA on the Orion 

6.1.42. Wife of J.S. [Dalforce]. 

Evacuated to the UK. Wife of G.S. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Bristol, UK. Wife of D.S. [FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated, aged 38, on the Empire Star to WA then via Capetown 

to Liverpool arriving 19.3.42 then to Watford, Herts. Wife of W.E. 

[Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with baby son Sandy [born 15.10.41] to Australia then 

UK and Canada. Wife of A.T. [1SSVF]. Ali died 1981. 

Planter Manager, Dennistown Estate, Parit Buntar, Perak. LDC 

Perak. Evacuated with his wife Madeline.Isobel from Batavia 2.42 

arriving Fremantle WA on Boissevain 23.2.42. 

Evacuated, aged 37, the Empress of Japan to WA then via 

Capetown to Liverpool arriving 19.3.42. To West Cults, Aberdeen. 

Wife of J.C.H. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated, aged 37, to WA then via Capetown to Liverpool 

arriving 19.3.42. To Portobello, Scotland. Wife of T. [Civilian 

internee]. 

A nurse evacuated on the Empire Star to Batavia 12.2.42 then 

joined husband R.L. evacuated on Mangola. 

Evacuated with 2 daughters Sheila ad R. on Aoranji to Adelaide. 

Wife of G.C. [FMSVF POW]. 

Diamond Merchant, Singapore. Air Raid Warden: Deputy 

Divisional Warden, Kandang Kerbau Division, Singapore. 

Evacuated 2.42 with 2 children to Sumatra then on SS Perth. To 

J’burg, SA 11.42. 

Aged 10 and 8. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan to WA then via 

arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To grandmother in Chingford. 

Army family? 

ALDIS Mrs Phyllis Evacuated to WA. Children Pat & Pam. Phyllis died 1998. 

Wife of J.S. [JVE POW]. 

ALEXANDER Mrs Irene 

Evacuated on the Narkunda with daughter Pamela, arriving 


ALEXANDER Dr Frances Elizabeth Scientist, working as a radio direction finder at the Naval Base. 

Evacuated by air mid 1.42 with 3 children incl. Billy & Mary. 

Wife of N.S. [SRA/Civilian internee]. 

ALEXANDER Mrs Dorothy 

Evacuated with son James on the Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42 with son James. To Perth WA then 

Kurriemuir, Angus. Wife of N.J. [Civilian internee].

ALLAN Mrs Elsie Margaret 

ALLAN Mrs Ann 

ALLAN Mrs Vi 

ALLAN Mrs Janet Elizabeth 

ALLCOCK Mrs W.P.R. 

ALLEN Alfred. 

ALLEN Mrs Ethel Geraldine. 

ALLEN Mrs Lottie 

ALLEN Mrs Eleanor 

ALLENBY Mrs D. 

ALLIN Mrs Gwendoline 

ALLIN Mrs Anne 

Evacuated, aged 40, on the Duchess of Bedford, arriving 

Liverpool 4.4.42. To Elgin, Scotland then to Bath. Wife of G.C. 


Evacuated to SA. Wife of G.P.[3FMSVF]. 

Evacuated to WA. Wife of J.C. [Civilian internee]. 

Australian wife of Dr Harry. MAS Penang 

Died 17.2.42[44] on the Tanjoeng Pinang 

Evacuated. Wife of Peter [1FMSVF POW].. 

Company Director, Singapore. Evacuated, aged 56, to Sumatra 

then on HMS Dragon from Padang 1.3.42 then HMAS Hobart 

3.3.42 to Colombo. To India 

Evacuated to UK. To Weston-Super-Mare 

Evacuated, aged 47, to Perth WA via Batavia. On Marella arriving 

Fremantle WA 27.2.42. Wife of E.M. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Scotland then Newquay, Cornwall. Wife of F.H. 

Evacuated to SA then Seaford, Kent 

Evacuated with child to the UK Wife of E.K. [1FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated aged 33 on the Empress of Japan with daughters 

Pricilla Jane[3] and Penny [2]. To WA then via Capetown SA. 

arriving Liverpool 19.3.42 – to Purley, Surrey. Wife of T.R.W. 

[FMSVF POW]. 

ALLEN Mrs Sybil May Evacuated to Aylesbury UK. Wife of G.V. She died 11.8.53. 

ALLEN Mrs Joan.Evelyn 

Evacuated to Dartford, Kent. 

ALLEN Mrs Joan Kathleen Francis Evacuated to WA. 

ALLEN Mrs Elizabeth Maude [Betty] Evacuated. Wife of L.A.[Civilian internee]. 

ALLEN Mrs Laura Ann 

ALLGROVE Mrs Majorie 

ALMOND Mrs D. 

Evacuated to WA arriving Fremantle from Batavia on Nellore 

8.1.42. Died 17.10.68. 

Wife of J.W. MAS. Lost at sea 13.2.42[41] on the Giang Bee 

Evacuated to Surrey UK. Wife of David [Civilian internee].. 

ALLTON Derek Evacuated as child to WA on SS Orion arriving Fremantle 6.1.42 

AMBLER Mrs Lilla Clara 

AMBLER Goodman MC 

AMBLER Mrs Mary Lorina 

AMBROSI Joan .E.D. de 

Evacuated to Garston, Liverpool. She died 5.12.55 Worthing. 

Evacuated to Sumatra. Left Padang 2.3.42 on Tenedos, tranfered to 

HMAS Hobart to Colombo. To India SS Chitral. Died 1943. 

Evacuated to Melbourne, Australia. Wife of C.P. [Civilian 

internee] 

Colonial Service Nursing Sister, General Hospital. Lost at sea

17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng Pinang 

AMES Albert Victor 

AMSTUTZ Mrs Celicity 

Head Planting Manager, Paya Lang Estate [Dunlops], Anam, 

Johore. Evacuated to Sumatra then India then SA. Retired to 

Eastbourne, Sussex. Died 30.6.70 Eastbourne. 

Evacuated with daughter Beverley, aged 17 in 1942. Wife of Rev 

Dr H.B. [Civilian internee]. Daughter Beverley aged 17 in 1942. 

ANDERSON Mrs B. 

ANDERSON Mrs Charlotte 

ANDERSON Mrs Dorothy 

ANDERSON Mrs D.E.L. 

ANDERSON Edward Frederick 

ANDERSON G.W. 

ANDERSON Mrs Gladys 

Evacuated, aged 37, to UK. Wife of A.F.[FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated to Winchester, UK. Wife of T.V.N. [Captain, General 

List 211620.] 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. Wife of Davy [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Australia. Believed interned. 

Production Manager, HQ Staff, Dunlop Malayan Estates Ltd, 

Malacca. Evacuated, aged 46, to Padang 2.42 then India 

Miner, Tronoh Mines, Batu Gajah Pte 1FMSVF escaped from 

Repang Island, Singapore to Sumatra then HMAS Hobart to 

Colombo 16.2.42. Danae to Colombo?? Wife evacuated on 

Orion to Sydney. 

aged 18 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan to WA then 

via Capetown to Liverpool arriving 19.3.42. To Tunbridge Wells. 

ANDERSEN Mrs Gladys Anne Dora b.1899. Danish National evacuated from Singapore with children 

Jean Ingrid [14], Patricia Agnes [12], Dawn Inger [7] on Narkunda, 

arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

ANDERSON Mrs Jane 

Evacuated, aged 36, on the Empress of Japan to WA then via 

Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Tayport, Angus, 

Scotland. Wife of John [Civilian internee]. 

ANDERSEN Lillian Edith Ninon Danish National evacuated on Narkunda arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. 

ANDERSON Mrs Maren Olive 

Evacuated. Wife of G.A. [3SSVF POW]. 

ANDERSON Mrs Margaret ‘Meg’ Evacuated on the Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. . 

Wife of George [KVF POW].. 

ANDERSON Mrs Mary 

ANDERSON Mrs Molly 

Evacuated with son James on Narkunda arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. 2 nd son, Kenneth born there. Family then to Moffat, 

Scotland. Wife of K.J. [JVE] 

Housewife aged 33 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan to 

WA then via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To 

Maslemere, Surrey. 

ANDERSON Mrs N.E. 

ANDERSON Mrs Nora 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. Wife of D.K [Civilian internee].. 

aged 17 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan to WA then 

via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To London SW7.

ANDERSON Mrs Olive Evacuated on Gorgon to Fremantle WA arriving 20.2.42. 

Wife of John Scott Anderson [FMSVF] & a well-known Malayan 

tennis player. 

ANDERSON Mrs P. 

Evacuated to Melbourne, Australia. Wife of Dr Roy [MMS/MAS]. 

ANDERSON Mrs Theresa 

ANDERSEN Verna Esme 

ANDERSON Mrs W. 



ANDRE Mrs Grace D. 

ANDREWS Mrs Dylis Beatrice 

ANDREWS Mrs J.L. 

ANDREWS Mrs Marjorie 

ANDREW Mrs M.E. 

Evacuated to Australia. Wife of W.T. [civilian internee] 

Danish National evacuated on Narkunda arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of William [Sgt 2FMSVF] 

Evacuated with daughter Margaret on the Narkunda, arriving 


Evacuated to Australia. Wife of Sgt W. [FMSVF 45 MT Company] 

Evacuated to Claremont, Cape SA. Wife of J.R.G. [Malay 

Regiment] 

Evacuated with daughters Jill & Patricia on Ulysses. Arrived 

Fremantle WA 31.12.41. Wife of G.V. 

Evacuated with daughter M. on Gorgon. Arrived Fremantle WA 

8.3.41. 

Evacuated with children Christopher and Janice on Narkunda. 

Arrived Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

Evacuated to Durban, SA 

ANDREWS Mrs Rose Ann Evacuated on Ulysses. Arrived Fremantle WA 31.12.41. 

ANGELL Mrs Irene Grace 

ANGIER Mrs May 

Evacuated with two children to Durban SA 31.1.42. Wife of F.L. 

who escaped Singapore on the Wu Chang. Irene died 1947 

Westminster Hospital. 

Evacuated to Lusaka, N. Rhodesia. Wife of G.F. [KVF]. 

ANGUS Mrs Jemima Evacuated to Fremantle WA on the Narkunda – arrived 24.1.42.. 

[Also a Mrs Lily and a Mrs Norah Angus and Ms Ailsa, 

Catherine, Jean and a Master Douglas Angus on Narkunda]. 

ANGUS Mrs E.F. 

Evacuated with 4 daughters Kathleen, Lorna, Iris and Phyllis 

to Blackpool UK. 

ANHOLT Mrs Margaret Grace ‘Kitty’ Evacuated with son Anthony [b.1941 Singapore] on Narkunda 

to Fremantle WA arriving 24.1.42 then to Durban SA. Wife of 

Henry [Pte 1SSVF]. 

ANSELL Mrs J.. 

Evacuated with daughter Connie to SA on the Empress of Japan. 

Husband J. arrived from Batavia on the Mangola at Fremantle 

2.3.42. To Perth WA. 

ANSLEY-YOUNG Mrs Violet Mabel Evacuated to UK. Wife of Dr Walter. 

ARBENZ Annelies b.1924 [wrote Singapore Saga] Rosemarie b.1920 & Heide b.1922 evacuated to

Australia: arrived Melbourne 5.3.42 on Tjitjalenka. 

ARBUCKLE Mrs Jean Watt 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. 

ARBUTHNOTT Mrs Barbara Joan Evacuated with sons Robert and John to Australia then to UK 

1945. Wife of A. [Major FMSVF] 

ARCHER Mrs Mollie 

ARCHER Mrs D.W. 

ARCHER Mrs Margaret 

Evacuated to North Devon UK. Wife of A.L. [JVE] 

Evacuated to UK. 

Evacuated with children Belinda and Timothy on Narkunda. 


ARDMORE Vera 

ARGENT Mrs A.G. 

Australian Journalist, Malaya Tribune. Married RAF Flying 

Officer. Real name: Lorraine Juliet Stumm. Evacuated by air 

with baby daughter Sheridan. 

Evacuated to Surrey UK. 

ARMSTRONG-HARRISON Mrs O.G. Evacuated on Aoranji, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. 

ARNOLD Mrs Ida Evacuated to Capetown SA but she died there 25.1.43. 

Wife of C.J. 

ARNOLD Mrs E.R. 

Evacuated to Norfolk, UK. 

ARNOLD Mrs Elsie Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

To Sydney. Wife of L.W. [civilian internee]. She died 

22.7.61. 

ARNOLD Mrs T.A.C. 

ARNOT Mrs Margaret 

ARTHUR Mrs Hilda 

ARTHUR Mrs Helen Mona 

ARTHUR Mrs Hilda Mary 

Evacuated to Edinburgh. 

Evacuated with daughter b.1938. Husband D.B. [RAF]. 

Wife of R.T.G. Evacuated with daughter H. on Orion. Arrived 


Evacuated to Melbourne, Australia. Wife of J.F. [civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated. Wife of R.T.G. [RAFVR] 

ASHBROOK Mrs Marguerita Florence Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of C.S. Returned 1947. 

ASHBY Mrs Winifred M. 

ASHFORD Mrs M. 

Housewife aged 39 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan to 

WA then via Capetown SA to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To 

Whittlesey nr Peterborough. 

Evacuated to Worcestershire UK. Wife of W.G. [civilian internee]. 

ASHLEY-COOPER Mrs Marjorie Evacuated and later took up a Govt post in Far East.. Wife of 

T.G.D. [MVAF] He was lost at sea 14. 2.42 [34] following sinking 

of the Chiang Tee 

ASHMORE Ms 

ASHTON Mrs Ivy 

Evacuated on Orion to Sydney then on to Panama. 

Evacuated. Wife of A.E. [SRA]

ASHWORTH Mrs Margaret Rita 

Evacuated with son J.R. & daughter Fiona on Centaur. Arrived 

Fremantle WA 13.1.42. To Perth WA then Glasgow, Scotland. 

Wife of Lt Commander G.C. Ashworth MRNVR HMS Scorpion. 

Lost at sea 14.2.42 off Java 

ASTIN Mrs D. On Demodocus to Fremantle WA – arrived 28.7.42. 

ASTON Mrs Rita 

ATHERTON Mrs Dorothy 

Evacuated to Bucks UK. Wife of A.V. [civilian internee]. She died 

1972. 

Evacuated to the UK. Wife of B.B. [4SSVF]. Dorothy was 

later Assistant Director of Education, Singapore then Admin. 

Officer, Singapore Association for the Blind. 

ATKIN-BERRY Mrs Edith Mary ‘Duffie’ 

ATKINS A. 

ATKINS Mrs Kay 

ATKINSON Mrs Madge 

Evacuated to Sevenoaks UK. Wife of H.C. 

She died 1.10.72 Arundel, Sussex. 

Rigger Chargeman, Singapore Naval Base remained at the 

Naval Base till 30.1.42. Evacuated from Singapore 

10.2.42 on Francol then Plancius arriving Colombo 

22.2.42 

Evacuated. Wife of A.P. [2FMSVF] 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of F.H. [civilian internee] 

ATKINSON Mrs V.E.M. Evacuated on Gorgon to Fremantle WA with husband A. 

son R.A. & daughter C.A.M. Arrived 14.11.41. 

AUCUTT Mrs W. 

AURELY Mrs Alice C. 

AUSSEM Mrs H.A. 

AUSTIN Robert AMIME 

AUTEN Mrs Ruby 

AVERY Mrs Phyllis Marianne 

AVERY Mrs N.J. 

AVIS Mrs Laura Philomena 

Evacuated to UK. Husband, Major W. [3FMSVF] 

evacuated from Padang 2.42 on the Wu Chang then to 

India on the HT Dunera. 

. 

Evacuated with daughter R. on Charon from Batavia, 

arriving Fremantle WA 26.2.42. Wife of G.C.M. [civilian 

internee]. Returned 1947. 

Evacuated to Colombo. 

Evacuated to WA from Batavia on the Marella, arriving 


Matron, Middleton Hospital. Evacuated, aged 44, on the 

Duchess of Bedford, arriving Liverpool 4.4.42. To King’s 

Heath, Birmingham. Wife of R.K. [civilian internee] 

Evacuated with daughter Susan on Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42 then to Bournemouth UK. 

Wife of J.T. [FMSVF] 

Evacuated to SA 

Wife of Alfred of KK Maternity Hospital, Singapore. 

Lost at sea 14.2.42[30] on the Kuala 

AYLWARD Walter Percival ‘Jack’ Chief Surveyor, Penang - arrived in Singapore 19.12.41 

retired on health grounds 31.1.42. Evacuated 5.2.42. Wife 

evacuated to SA.

AYRES Mrs G.V. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of C.L.J. [civilian internee] 

AZIS Mrs Olive Evacuated, aged 37, on the Empress of Japan with 4 

children [Easah, Ojinan, Mansor and Nigel] to WA then 

via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To Maida 

Vale, London. Wife of Ungku Abdul Azis CMG of 

Johore Civil Service. 

BACON Mrs Dorothy 

BADDELEY Mrs Ruby 

BAEZA Mrs G.L. 

BAGNALL Sir John JP 

BAGOT Mrs Ena 

BAGULEY Mrs Catharine 

BAIGENT Mrs Phyllis Isabel 

BAILEY Colin Stewart 

Evacuated with daughter Anne on Narkunda arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Wife of H.P. [civilian internee] 

Evacuated on the Narkunda arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42 then to SA. Wife of Sidney of SSC. 

Evacuated to Barbados. Wife of Dr J.I. [MMS] 

Chairman & Managing Director, Straits Trading Co.Ltd, 

Singapore. Evacuated 2.42, ship sunk but he reached India 

then to Jo’burg SA. Wife Lynn evacuated. He died 

29.9.54 [66] Johannesburg. Lynn died 27.12.84 Victoria 

BC. 

Evacuated, aged 46, on the SS Duchess of Bedford, 

arriving Liverpool 4.4.42. To Burgess Hill, Sussex. Wife 

of E. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with children Ann & Robin on the Narkunda, 

arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Wife of H.E. [civilian 

internee] 

Evacuated to SA with daughter Beatrice. Wife of A.W. 

Returned to Malaya 1949. 

Australian. Wharfinger, Singapore Harbour Board. 

Evacuated to Batavia then on the Marella, arriving 


BAILEY D. Civil Engineer PWD Singapore. Aged 25 in 1942. 

Evacuated on the Trebova then on the Marella from 

Batavia with wife Ethel Ivy. Arrived Fremantle WA 

27.2.42. . 

BAILEY G. JP 

BAILEY Ms H.J. 

Planter Manager, Waterfall Rubber Estates, Rawang, 

Selangor and a Visiting Agent for various rubber 

companies. Evacuated on the Aoranji, arriving Fremantle 

WA 23.1.42. Then to Durban SA. Died 26.9.67 Exmouth. 


BAILEY Mrs Elizabeth Evacuated on Centaur, arriving Fremantle WA 13.8.41. 

Wife of H.L. [3FMSVF] 

BAILEY Mrs Louise Maud 

BAILEY Mrs Mona 

Housewife aged 36 in 1942. Evacuated on the SS Duchess 

of Bedford with daughter Marian, aged 6. Arrived 

Liverpool 4.4.42. To Bedford. 

Evacuated, aged 25, on the Empress of Japan with 

children Antoine aged 2 and Pete aged 7 months to WA 

then via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To

Bath, Somerset. 

BAILLIE Mrs Isabelle Nesbit 

BAILLIE Mrs W. 

BAIN Mrs Louisa Viola 

BAIN Mrs E. 

BAIN Mrs Frances Mary Hamilton 

BAINBRIDGE Mrs Iris 

BAIRD Mrs J. 

BAKER Mrs A. 

BAKER Mrs D. 

BAKER Mrs Isabelle 

BAKER Mrs J.G. 

BAKER T.P. 

BALFOUR Mrs Winifred Russell 

BALL Mrs Dorothy Kirker 

BALL Mrs Katharine 

BALL Mrs Katherine Irene 

BALL Mrs Margaret Hodges 

BALLARD Mrs S.V. 

BANCROFT Mrs Vera Evacuated, 

from North Berwick. Wife of QMS Stanley M. Baillie 

Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the Kuala 

Evacuated to Glasgow. Wife of James [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to SA then Liverpool. Wife of E.D. [FMSVF] 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. Wife of Dr M.C. 

[civilian internee] 

Evacuated with children Iain, James & Penelope on 

Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. To Perth WA. 

Wife of James [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with children Patricia & Winston on the 

Narkunda arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. To Melbourne 

then Durban SA. Wife of F.E. [civilian internee] 

Evacuated to NZ. Wife of Jack [IFMSVF] 

Evacuated to India then UK. Wife of A.A. [civilian 

internee] 

Evacuated on Orion with son D. and daughter F. Arrived 


Stenographer, The Texas Co.[China] Ltd, Medeiros 

Building, Singapore. Evacuated on Orion with daughter 

M. Arrived Fremantle WA 6.1.42. 

Evacuated to Kent UK. Wife of L.E. [civilian internee] 

Assistant, Sime Darby & Co. Ltd, Ipoh. Evacuated to 

India. 


of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Lindfield near 

Hayward’s Heath, Sussex. 

Wife of Frank. Lost at sea 17.2.42 [36] on the Tanjoeng 

Pinang 

Evacuated on Narkunda with sons Anthony & John. 


Evacuated, aged 48, on the Empress of Japan to WA then 

via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42 To Berriew, 

Montgomeryshire. Wife of Samuel Harper Ball [civilan 

internee]. She died 8.7.70 Welshpool. 

Daughter Ros. an MVG member. 

Evacuated with daughter Gillian Margaret on Ulysses. 

Arrived Fremantle WA 31.12.41. Wife of W.C.D. 

[civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to SA. Wife of H.C. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated, aged 33, on the SS Duchess of Bedford.

Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Reading. Wife of K.H. 

[KVF] 

BAND Mrs Gabrielle 

BANISTER Mrs Jacqueline 

BANKS Mrs Florence 

BANNER Mrs Kathleen Edith 

BARBAT Mrs Vera Ann 

BARBER Mrs E. ‘May’ 

BARBOUR T.A. 

BARCLAY G.M. 

BARDEN Mrs H. 

BARKER Mrs Marguearite 

BARNARD Mrs Margaret 

BARNES Mrs Catherine 

BARNES Mrs Gladys 

Evacuated. Wife of R.W.I. [1SSVF] 

Evacuated, aged 51, on the Empress of Japan to WA 

then via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To 

Highgate, London. 


then via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To 

Exeter. 

Evacuated to Bognor Regis, Sussex. Wife of L.A. 

[SRA] 

Evacuated with daughter A. on the Aoranji, arriving 

Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of V.P. [SRA]. She died 

10.12.79 [78] Perth WA. 

Evacuated to SA. Wife of H.G. [civilian internee] 

Slipway Engineer, Marine Dept, Port Swettenham 

Temp. Sub-Lt SSRNVR. Evacuated to Bombay then SA. 

American Accountant/Factory Manager, Eastern 

Manufacturing Company, 10 th Mile, Bukit Timah Rd, 

Singapore. Evacuated with wife to Sumatra – sunk on the 

Kuala- then on HMAS Hobart from Padang 1.3.42 to 

Colombo then to India. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of Hubert [civilian internee] 

Evacuated on the Narkunda. Arrived Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. Wife of R.B.H. [Perak LDC] 

Wife of R.C. Evacuated with daughter Mary [b.1936 

Malacca] on the Narkunda. Arrived Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. 

Housewife aged 40 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of 

Japan to WA then via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 

19.3.42. To Littlehampton, Sussex. 

Housewife aged 47 in 1942. Evacuated with son Colin 

aged 7 on the Empress of Japan to WA then via 

Capetown SA, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Hastings, 

Sussex. 

BARNES Mrs M.A. Evacuated on Aorangi. Arrived Fremantle WA 23.1.42. 

BARNES Mrs Catherine Lorna 

BARNES Mrs Ethel Maude 

BARNET Mrs Ebba 

Evacuated to Littlehampton, Sussex. Wife of P.C. [civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated with sons Geoffrey & Ken 8.1.42 on the 

Charon to Perth, WA. Wife of T.A. [civilian internee]. 

Ethel died 27.12.79 Poole. Geoffrey the author of 

Mostly Memories. 

Evacuated. Wife of G.P. [civilian internee].

BARNETT Mrs G. 

Evacuated with daughter J. on the Orion. Arrived 


BARNETT Mrs Jean Patricia Wife of H.L. Agricultural Dept. Lost at sea 20.2.42[27] 

after the sinking of the Tanjoeng Pinang 

BARNWELL Mrs Noreen Evacuated, aged 29, and daughter Valerie, aged 2, 

on the Empress of Japan to WA then via Capetown, 

arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Erdington, Birmingham. 

Wife of T.H. [JVE]. 

BARR Mrs Olive 

BARRACLOUGH John Francis 

BARRACLOUGH Mrs Olive 

BARRATT S. 

BARRATT Mrs M.A. 

BARRETT E. Mrs Eleanor 

BARRETT Mrs Doris 

BARRETTO Mrs Simone 

BARRETTO Mrs Olive 

BARRIE Mrs Mary Louise 

BARRON Mrs Ellen 

BARRON Mrs Elspeth 

BARRON Mrs Mildred 

Evacuated to Melbourne. Wife of D.G. [FMSVF]. 

MBC Chief Engineer. Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang 

Bee 

Evacuated to Sumatra 2.42 then on SS Perth 

Evacuated to Sumatra then Australia 


Evacuated to SA. Wife of C.G. [KVF POW] 

Evacuated with sons Christopher and Roger on the 

Narkunda. Wife of M.E. [KVF POW] 

Evacuated to Bombay. Wife of F.J. [1SSVF POW] 

Evacuated to Bombay. Wife of F.D. 

Evacuated with baby son Mike to Edinburgh. Wife of 

A.R. [2FMSVF POW] 

Evacuated with son Ian Alexander & husband William 

Barron on Gorgon. Arrived Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 


via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Paignton, 

Devon. Wife of G.D. [ civilian internee] 

Evacuated with daughter Josephine on the Narkunda. 


BARRON Ms N. Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. 

BARRON Mrs Mima 

BARROW Mrs Ruth M. 

BARROWMAN Dato Dr Barclay MB JP 

BARTHOLOMEW Ms Iris 

BARTLETT Mrs D. ‘Cecil’ 

Evacuated to Crieff, Scotland. Wife of W.D. [civilian 

internee].. Mima died 22.12.63.Edinburgh. 

Evacuated to SA then Farnham, Surrey. Wife of A.F.L. 


Evacuated with wife Marguerite Emily to Australia. 

Evacuated 12.2.42 – no news 


via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Arundel, 

Sussex UK. Wife of Douglas [civilian internee].

BARTLEY S. 

BARTON Mrs J.A. 

BARTON Mrs J.E. 

BARTON-WRIGHT Mrs R.I. 

BARTRAM Mrs Sylvia 

BASSETT Lionel George 

Evacuated 2.42 – reached Australia 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of Jack [MRNVR POW] 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. Wife of James [VF 

POW]. 

Evacuated to Australia then SA. Wife of Reginald 

[escaped Singapore 2.42]. 

Evacuated with son Peter on Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.142. 

Cable & Wireless. Lost at sea 2.42 on the SS Redang. 

BATEMAN Mrs J. Evacuated on Centaur, arriving Fremantle WA 26.10.41. 

BATH Mrs Rosemary 

BATTENSBY E.ric William 

BATTENBURG Mrs C.M. 

BATTISCOMBE Mrs Helen 

BAUGHAM Mrs W. 

BAXTER Mrs Karoline 

BAYLEY Mrs Jane 

Evacuated with son John to Australia. Wife of V.C. 

[1SSVF POW] 

Planter Manager, Tapah Rubber Estates Ltd, Tapah, 

Perak. Lost at sea 13.2.42 [55] on the Giang Bee 

Ladies Dept, Malaya Tribune, Anson Rd, Singapore. 

Evacuated to India 2.42 

Evacuated on the Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. Then to Middlesex UK. Wife of P.R. [civilian 

internee] 

Evacuated with son A. on the Orion, arriving Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42 then to Melbourne. Wife of A.F.[1SSVF 

POW] 



19.3.42. To Musselburgh, Scotland. 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of George [civilian 

internee] 

BAYLISS Mrs Phyllis Joan Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. 

Wife of G.L. [MRNVR POW] 

BAYNE Mrs Gwendoline Beatrice 

BEAMAN Mrs Kate 

BEAN Mrs Francis Elizabeth 

BEATH Mrs Kate 

Evacuated on Empire Star. Arrived Fremantle WA 

23.2.42. Wife of J. [3FMSVF POW] 


via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Petworth, 

Sussex UK. Wife of C.C.H. [Civilian internee] 

Evacuated with baby daughter Christine [b.1941] to 

Australia on the Aoranji then to UK Wife of G.P. 

[1FMSVF POW] 

Evacuated with son D. on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 

6.1.42 then to Perth WA. Wife of David [civilian 

internee]

BEATON Mrs J. 

BEATON Mrs Marion 

BEATTIE Mrs Olive 

BEATTIE Ms I. 

Evacuated with sons A. & C. on Orion, arriving Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. Wife of G.M. [IFMSVF POW] 

Evacuated. Wife of R.K. [MRNVR] 

Evacuated with daughter [b.1938 Penang] to 

Capetown SA. Wife of D.A. [Civilian internee]. 

Nursing Sister 1935 onwards General Hospital, JB. 

Evacuated to Sumatra then Colombo. To Nairobi, Kenya. 

BEAUCHAMP William D.P. Ministry of Information, Singapore. Lost at sea 13.2.42 

on the Giang Bee. Wife evacuated to Melbourne, 

Australia. 

BEAUMONT Robert D. ‘Bob’ 

HKSB, Singapore. Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving 

Fremantle WA 20.2.42. Wife Peggy also evacuated. 

BEAUTEMENT Mrs M.A. 

BECK Mrs Lilian May 

BEDE-COX Mrs Nessa 

BEDFORD Mrs Galy 

BEDINGTON Mrs Kate 

BEDLINGTON Mrs K.L. 

BEDWELL Mrs Margaret 

BEEDLE Mrs Flora 

BEELEY Mrs Gladys 

Evacuated with son M. and daughter A. evacuated 

to Australia. Wife of Cyril [2FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated, aged 47, with daughter Marian Elizabeth, aged 

10, on the SS Duchess of Bedford, arriving Liverpool 

4.4.42. To Reading where they joined son Alan aged 16 – 

by 1945 a glider pilot. Husband Vincent [civilian 

internee]. 


then via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Rhyl, 

N.Wales. Wife of Frederick [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of F. [civilian internee] 

Evacuated to Edinburgh. Wife of G.C. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to NZ . Husband a civilian internee. 

Evacuated to SA with daughters Katherine & Margaret, 

then Liverpool UK. Husband S.W.F. a civilian internee. 

Evacuated to Montreal, Canada. Wife of P.N. [ civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated with 2 children on Glenapp, arriving Fremantle 

WA 31.1.42 then to UK. Husband Frederick an FMSVF 

POW. 

BEGBAY Mrs Rhona Alice Mis spelling of Begbie? Housewife aged 37 in 1942. 

Evacuated on the Empress of Japan to WA then via 

Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Langley, 

Bucks. 

BEGBIE Herbert William B.Sc AMICE 

BEGG Mrs Olive 

PWD Executive Engineer Singapore/Straits 

Settlements. Captain. SSVF. Evacuated to Sumatra 2.42 

then Colombo. 

Evacuated to Australia on the Aoranji then to the UK. 

Wife of N.F.E. [civilian internee].

BELDERSON Mrs Tony 

BELFORD R.W. 

BELGRAVE Mrs 

BELL J.M. BA 

Evacuated to Capetown SA then Sidcup, Kent. Wife of 

H.H. [civilian internee] 

Evacuated on SS Tatung 2.42 then Seeburg 

Evacuated. Wife of W.N.C. [civilian internee]. 

Assistant Transport Manager FMS Railways. Evacuated 

to Padang then ? 

BELL ?? [N.G.B.?] Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang Bee 

BELL Mrs Beatrice 

Evacuated with son Jonathan on the Narkunda. Arrived 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42. = Babs, wife of H.H.?? 

BELL Mrs Dulcie Carmel Evacuated on the Sussex. Arrived Fremantle WA 25.1.42. 

BELL Mrs D.W. Evacuated on the Charon with daughter P. and son J. 


BELL Mrs Babs 

BELL Mrs Lily Daisy Bella 

BELL Mrs Helen 

BELL Mrs Ellen 

BELL Mrs Ruth 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Husband H.H. a civilian internee. 

Babs died 19.12.63 Melbourne. 


of Bedford, arriving Liverpool 4.4.42. To Ringwood, 

Hants. 

Evacuated to Capetown SA with children Tony[6] and 

Gerald[3]. Wife of R.K. [civilian internee] 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of R.L. [1FMSVF] 


24.1.42. 

BELLAMY Alexander William District Judge and 2 nd Magistrate, Penang. Aged 32 

in 1942. Evacuated with wife to Sumatra then India. 

Post-war Puisne Judge in Malaya then Nigeria. 

BELLINGHAM-SMITH Mrs Irene 

BELTON William Osborne B.Sc AMICE 

BEMBROKE Mrs Dorothy 

BENCE Mrs D. 

BENHAM Mrs Rachel Elizabeth Nancy 

BENJAFIELD Mrs Dora 

Evacuated to SA. Wife of Oliver [2FMSVF POW]. 

PWD Assistant Engineer [Rural]. Evacuated 2.42 to 

Padang, Colombo then India. Wife L. and daughter E. 

evacuated on the Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. 

Returned to Malaya 1946. 

Evacuated, aged 31, with daughter Diana, aged 4, on the 

Empress of Japan to WA then via Capetown SA, arriving 

Liverpool 19.3.42. To Belmont, Hereford UK. Wife of 

C.J.R. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to India. Wife of John [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to NZ. Wife of J.E. [FMSVF]. She died 

15.11.2005 Tauranga NZ. 

Evacuated on the Charon, arriving Fremantle 

WA 8.11.41. To Perth, WA. Wife of H.J. [civilian 

internee].

BENNETT Mrs Doris 

BENNETT Mrs Helen Margaret 

BENNETT Mrs Dorothy Mary 

BENNETT E.J. [Ernest John] JP 

BENNETT Mrs Cicely Mary 

BENNETT Mrs Nora Adeline 

BENNETT Mrs L.W. 

BENNETT Mrs Marjorie Louisa 

BENNETT Mrs R.M. 

BENNETT R. 

BENNETT Mrs R.J.M. 

Evacuated to Cornwall. Wife of A.E. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Ealing, London. Husband A.E.J.A. a civilian 

internee. 


of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Eastleigh, 

Hants. 

Wife Violette [see below]. Municipal Commissioner, 

Singapore Director G.H. Slot & Co. Ltd, Robinson Rd, 

Singapore. Member of Singapore Chamber of Commerce. 

Evacuated to Padang then India on the SS Palopo. 

Died 16.12.50 St George’s Hospital, London 


arriving at Liverpool 4.4.42. Twin daughters Alison and 

Margaret also evacuated. Wife of J.C.M. [civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated with daughter Jill [later famous actress Jill 

Bennett] to UK. Wife of J.R. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Hants UK. Husband a civilian internee. 

Evacuated with son W. on the Orion. Arrived Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. Wife of E.J. 

Evacuated to India. 

Resident Engineer, Huttenbachs Ltd, Telok Anson 

Evacuated to India 

Evacuated to India. Husband an FMSVF POW. 

BENNETT Mrs Violette Douglas Wife of E.J. Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the Kuala 

BENNITT Mrs Nora Evacuated, aged 34, with daughter Pamela, aged 4, 

on the Empress of Japan to WA then via Capetown, 

arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. Wife of Rev. A.J. 


BENSON John Arthur Gillies 

BENTINCK George A. MC 

Evacuated to Java then? 

Wife Phyllis. Returned to Malaya 1947. 

Mines Dept Inspector FMS Ipoh/Meru Tin Ltd, Ipoh. 

Captain 2FMSVF Evacuated 2.42 to Sumatra. Arrived 

Tjilitjap, Java 26.2.42 then on to Fremantle. Wife Lilian 

[a GP – see below]. Died 7.8.69 [76] Edinburgh. . 

BENTINCK Mrs Lillie Josephine MB B.CH Wife of G.A. Lady Medical Officer, Infant Welfare 

Centre, Ipoh. Evacuated. She died 4.3.58. 

BENTLEY Ms May Nurse, Kadang Kerbau Hospital. Daughter of Mrs J. 

Bentley of Convent St Margaret, Bukit Mertajam, 

Province Wellesley. Lost at sea 14.2.42 [30] on the Kuala 

BENTON Mrs Phylis 

Evacuated, aged 37, and son Alan, aged 5, 30.1.42 on the 

Empress of Japan to WA then via Capetown, arriving 

Liverpool 19.3.42. To Stonehaven UK

Wife of D.J. [NS LDC. Civilan internee]. 

BENTON Mrs Winifred Evacuated, aged 37, with children Ian & Duncan, aged 8 

and 4, on the Empress of Japan to WA then via 

Capetown SA to Liverpool arriving 19.3.42. To Rhynie, 

Aberdeenshire. Wife of Joseph [3FMSVF POW]. 

BERRY Mrs Margaret 

BERWICK Mrs Jean 

BEST Charles Cairn ‘Pat’ MC 



19.3.42. To Sunderland Co.Durham. 

Evacuated with son aged 4. Wife of E.J.H. [1FMSVF 

POW]. 

Chief Surveyor, Malacca. Wife Cicely [Jean?] evacuated. 

Acting Sub-Lt SS RNVR. Pte Malacca LDC. Left 

Singapore with 4 others on David Nelson’s yacht Awan. 

Lost at sea 28. 2.42 on the Ban Ho Guan. 

BEST Mrs L.H. Evacuated to Kashmir, India. Husband Cpl 13232 

FMSVF Armoured Cars – severely wounded 12.2.42. 

Died of wounds 13.2.42[33] Singapore 

BETTERIDGE Thomas D. 

BEVERLEY Mrs Kathleen 

Hallam & Co. KL. He was lost at sea 15.2.42 on the 

Vyner Brooke 

Evacuated, aged 25, with son Michael, aged 3, on the 

Empress of Japan to WA then via Capetown to Liverpool, 

arriving 19.3.42. To Ludlow UK. Wife of H.G. [civilian 

internee]. 

BEVIS Mrs Gabrielle Millicent Evacuated to SA. Wife of K. 

BEVIS Mrs W.A. 

BEYTAGH Mrs L.A. 

BIDWELL Mrs Alice 

BILL Mrs Elizabeth 

BILLETT Edward Robert Vick 

BILLETT Mrs Ruby 

BILLING Mrs N. A 

BINES Mrs Florence 

BINGHAM Mrs Elizabeth 

BINNIE Mrs R.F. ‘Mima’ 

Evacuated. Husband MRNVR escapee.. 

Evacuated to Bombay, India. Husband a civilian internee. 

Evacuated to New Jersey, USA. Wife of .J.R.A. 


Evacuated with daughter Margaret Elizabeth to 

Pennsylvania USA. Wife of O.O. [civilian internee]. 

Australian jockey. Married 1939 Alice Jewell in 

Bangalore. Both left with baby daughter on the Nanking 

12.41. 

Mother of above. Wife of R.E. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with children J. & G. on Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of A.G. [2FMSVF POW] 

Nursing Sister. Evacuated. Wife of J.A. [1FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. Wife of R.P. [Dalforce & 

civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to N. Transvaal SA then Bearsden, Scotland. 

Wife of A.C. [died 17.2.42[48] en route to Changi].

BINNIE Mrs Ethel 

BINTLEY Mrs Barbara 

Wife of T.R. St John’s Ambulance Brigade, Ipoh. Lost at 

sea 14.2.42 following sinking of the Kuala. Wounded on 

board – leg broken. Put into the sea on a mattress but 

didn’t make the shore. 

Evacuated, aged 41 in 1942, on the SS Duchess of 

Bedford, arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Boscombe, 

Bournemouth. Wife of B.N. [MVAF escapee]. 

BIRCH Dato Arthur Leonard DPMJ AMICE b.1885.. Evacuated to Perth WA with wife A. and 

2 daughters S. & S.on the Aoranji, arriving Fremantle 

WA 23.1.42. 

BIRCH Mrs Rose 

BIRD Mrs A. 

BIRD Mrs Jean 

BIRD Mrs Vera 

BIRKINSHAW Mrs E. 

BIRNIE Mrs Rachel 

BIRSE Mrs Jean 

BIRSE Ms G.C. 

BIRTWISTLE Mrs Alice 

Evacuated. Wife of J.B. J. [ Police SuperIntendent 

murdered after capture by Japanese 2.1.42 Hutan 

Melintang. 

Evacuated with daughter P.D. on the Aoranji, arriving 

Fremantle WA 23.1.42 then to NZ. Wife of A.W. 

[RAFVR POW]. 

Evacuated by air. Wife of G.L.F. [1SSVF POW] 

Evacuated on Empire Star then Plancius to SA then 

Christchurch NZ. Wife of Reginald [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Bournemouth UK. Wife of Frank [civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated to Birmingham UK. Wife of Reginald [civilian 

internee]. 


24.1.42 then to Melbourne, Australia. Wife of Arthur 

Louis [civilian internee]. 

Nursing Sister, General Hospital, Malacca 

Colonial Nursing Sister at Singapore General Hospital, 

Evacuated to UK . Wife of William [Director of 

Fisheries, Fisheries Dept. SS&FMS - not interned]. Alice 

died 10.1.68 Bristol. 

BISHOP Mrs E. Evacuated on the Charon, arriving Fremantle WA 31.8.41. 

To Perth WA. Wife of Alan Douglas [civilian internee] 

BISSEKER F.D. 

BLACK Mrs Dorothy 

BLACK Ms Duncan 

BLACK Mrs Elsie 

Director of Labour and Transport, Singapore. Evacuated 

2.42 to UK [Wolston Grange]. Wife Catherine, aged 42, 

& daughter Irene, aged 9, evacuated on the Empress of 

Japan to WA then via Capetown SA arriving Liverpool 

19.3.42. To Oxford St, London. 

Evacuated on the Narkunda with daughter Barbara. 


Evacuated to Padang, Sumatra then on HMAS Hobart 

1.3.42 to Colombo. 

Evacuated on the Narkunda with daughter Jean. Arrived 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42.

BLACK Henry Dottrell 

BLACK Kilner 

BLACK Mrs Elsie 

BLACK Mrs Jane 

BLACKBURN T. 

BLACKFORD Mrs A.W.B. 

BLACKHALL Mrs L.A. 

Assistant Civil Engineer, Estate&Civil Engineering Dept, 

Penang Harbour Board. Lived at Bagan Luar PW. Wife & 

daughter evacuated to Perth WA. 

Manager, Mansfields at Kuching 1941-2. Escaped to 

Batavia. Evacuated with wife Joan and daughters 

Barbara & Margaret to Perth WA then UK. 

Evacuated to Australia. Wife of R.B. [RA POW]. 

Evacuated to SA then Ireland. Wife of Thomas [1SSVF 

POW]. 

Evacuated to Sydney on Perseus with wife M. and 

children J. & A. Arrived 27.12.41. 

Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. Evacuated. 

Evacuated to Perth, Scotland. Husband Len an FMSVF 

POW. 

BLACKMAN Thomas Roland Surveys Dept: Senior Surveyor Selangor. Sgt 6552 

FMSVF. Evacuated 2.42 to Sumatra then to Ceylon. 

Wife and children evacuated to NZ 

BLACKSTOCK Mrs D. 

BLACKWELL SEWELL Frank 

BLADES Mrs Christine 

BLAIR Mrs Elizabeth 

Evacuated on Orion with daughter J. & son A. arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Perth WA. Wife of J.R. 


Appraiser& Surveyor. Evacuated 11.2.42 to Perth WA. 

3 daughter [Dolly, Violet and Jean] and 1 son [Anson]. 

Wife Euphemia Isabella [died 26.7.61 Crawley, Sussex]. 


24.1.42. Wife of E.A.G.[Head of Special Branch, 

Singapore]. 

Evacuated. Wife of D.D. [1SSVF POW]. 

BLAIR Ms Maureen Evacuated to SA. Aged 25 in 1942. 

BLAIR-KERR William Alexander b.1911 Dunblane, Perthshire. Solicitor in Scotland 1939 

then Singapore 1939-1941: Assistant Donaldson & 

Burkinshaw. Sgt 1SSVF Escaped to Sumatra then to 

Bombay. Married Esther Margaret Fowler-Wright 1942. 

Children Linda & Hamish. Staff Captain in Indian Army 

then returned to Malaya with BMA 1945-1946. Hong 

Kong Magistrate 1946-1948. Later Crown Council then 

Puisne Judge, Hong Kong. President of the Court of 

Appeal, Bermuda 1979-1989. Retired to Dunblane. He 

died 1.12.1992. Esther died 1990. 

BLAKE Mrs M. 

BLAKEMORE Mrs Lilian Grace. 

BLAKESLEY Mrs S. ‘Ollie’ 

Evacuated on the Orion with son J., arriving Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. 

Evacuated to Australia. Wife of Dr William [civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated with daughter Phyllis on Orion, arriving

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of L.C. [civilian internee]. 

BLAKEY Mrs P.F. 

BLAKSTAD Mrs G.C.C. 

BLANDY Mrs 

BLOMFIELD Mrs 

BLOW Mrs Rex 

BLUNN Mrs Alison 

BLUNSDON Mrs J. 

BLYTHE Mrs Muriel MA 

BOARD Mrs Edith 

BOARDMAN H. 

BOAST Mrs Ivy May 

BOCKLER Ms H. 

BODDINGTON Mrs G.H 

Evacuated to India with Mrs Blunn. Wife of Percy 

[FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated to Melbourne. Wife of Clifford [civilian 

internee]. 

Mother of J.M. [3SSVF POW]. Evacuated to India. 

Evacuated to NZ. Wife of S.E. [3FMSVF POW]. 

‘seen in Batavia’ 

Evacuated to Simla. Wife of W.G.C.[civilian 

internee].Alison died 28.11.61. 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Husband a civilian internee. 

Evacuated to Perth WA then UK.. Wife of W.L. [civilian 

internee]. Muriel died 16.9.69 Jersey. 

Housewife aged 37 in 1942. Evacuated with son Keith, 

aged 1, on the Empress of Japan to WA then via 

Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Sheffield. 

PWD Engineer evacuated to Padang , Colombo then on 

the Chitral to Bombay. 

Evacuated with son R.I. on Aoranji to Adelaide, 

S.Australia. Wife of R.J. [civilian internee]. 

Assistant, Henry Waugh&Co. Ltd, NTS Building, 

Singapore. Evacuated on the Westpoint 

Evacuated to UK. Husband a Pioneer Corps POW. 

BOISSIER Mrs Lilian Gertrude Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Evacuated on the Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. To Collaroy nr Sydney, Australia. Wife of G.D. 

[civilian internee]. Betty died 3.9.49. 

BOLTER Mrs D.L. 

BOLTON Clifford Hugh 

BOLTON Mrs F. 

BOLTON Mrs V.V. 

BOLTON J. 

BOMFORD Mrs Florence 

BONAR Mrs Mary 

Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang Bee 

Child aged 13 in 1942 Changi and Sime Rd internee 


Evacuated to UK. Wife of G.V. [civilian internee]. 

Assistant Engineer [Rural] PWD Straits Settlements. 

Captain 13248 SRE. Evacuated 2.42 to Sumatra, Colombo 

then SS Chitral to India 


via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To S.W. 

London. Wife of R.F. [3SSVF]. She died 29.4.54 Oxford. 

Evacuated with daughters Elizabeth, Patricia & 

Veronica evacuated on the Narkunda, arriving Fremantle 

WA 24.1.42. To Victoria. Wife of H.J.T. [FMSVF – he

was lost at sea 15.2.42 on the Yin Ping] 

BONE Mrs C.H. 

Evacuated to UK. Husband Charles a civilian internee. 

BONE Richard Clyde Evacuated on Ulysses. Arrived Fremantle WA 31.12.41. 

BONNALIE John Eaton 

Planter. Sgt FMSVF evacuated 2.42 to Sumatra then 

Ceylon. 

BOOKER Mrs Miriam ‘Mim’ Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

Wife of G.A.W. [3FMSVF POW]. Daughter Merilyn. 

BOOKLER Ms H. 

BOOTH Mrs Beryl 

BOOTH Mrs Jean 

BOOTHBY Mrs 

BOSSING Mrs E.S.K. 

BOSTOCK Muriel 

BOSTOCK-HILL Alfred John 

BOSTON Ms Violet 

BOSWELL Mrs Elizabeth 


Evacuated with daughter Elphin on the Narkunda. Arrived 


Evacuated with baby daughter Davina on the Orion. 


Wife evacuated to UK [Scotland]. Wife of J.V. [civilian 

internee] 

Wife of K. Lived at 1 Meyer Rd, Singapore. Evacuated to 

SA. 

Kuala survivor – to Padang then India. Wife of Leonard. 

Barrister, Lovelace & Hastings, Seremban then KL. 

Evacuated with wife Adrienne to Sumatra then Colombo. 

Nursing Sister Batu Gajah Hospital, Perak. Lost at sea 

14.2.42 on the Kuala 

Evacuated, aged 43, evacuated on the Empress of Japan 

to WA then via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To 

Stirling, Scotland. Wife of A.B.S. [civilian internee]. 

BOSWELL Albert, Noel & Clive Lost sea 14.2.42. 

BOTCHERBY W.C. 

BOTLEY Mrs Y.A. 

SuperIntendent Engineer, Asiatic Petroleum Company, 

Shell House, Collyer Quay, Singapore. Evacuated 

Singapore 11.2.42 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of C.W.G. [Perak LDC] 

BOUMPHREY Mrs Marion 

Evacuated with sons Brian & Peter on the Narkunda, 

Arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Wife of C.L.[1SSVF 

POW]. 

BOURLIN G.P. of Singapore evacuated to Sumatra then India 

BOURNE Mrs Peggy 

BOUSFIELD Mrs May 

Evacuated with son Michael on the Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42 then to UK. Wife of P.W. [1SSVF 

POW]. 

Evacuated to Liverpool UK. Wife of R.M. [civilian 

internee]. May died 1.10.65 [76] Southsea.

BOUTCHER Charles Geoffrey FRIBA FRSA ‘Boutch’ Principal, Boutcher & Co., Beach St, Penang, 

Hale St, Ipoh and Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. 

President Penang Club. Evacuated with wife Alice 

Margaret to Perth WA. He died 24.8.64 [79] London 

NW8. 

BOVELL Mrs Ethne / Jennie 

BOVING Mrs Margaret 

BOWDEN Mrs Isabel 

BOWDEN Mrs Eulinie 

BOWDEN Mrs Kathleen Doris 

BOWERS Mrs Kathleen 

BOWERMAN Mrs Ida 

BOWYER Mrs Moireen Eva 

Wife of C.S.K. [civilian internee]. Aged 20 in 

1942, married 1.42 then was evacuated on the SS Duchess 

of Bedford, arriving Liverpool 4.4.42. To Leamington 

Spa. 

Evacuated with son N. on the Orion, arriving Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. To SA then UK. Wife of C.O. [FMSVF 

POW]. 


via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Dorset UK. 

Wife of C.R. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with daughter Ruth on the Narkunda, arriving 



of Bedford, arriving Liverpool 4.4.42. c/o Crown Agents. 

Housewife aged 35 in 1942. Evacuated with daughter 

Georgina, aged 3, on the Empress of Japan to WA then 

via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Esher, 

Surrey. 


then via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. 

To London. Wife of R.E. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with child evacuated to Sydney. Wife of Dr 

J.H. [civilian internee] 

BOXALL L.R.T. [Loraine Ronald Tivador] from Richmond, Surrey 

Lost at sea 15.2.42 [30] on the SS Redang 

BOXER Mrs 

BOYD Mrs Nesta 

BOYD Mrs Nancy Keil 

BOYD Alexander Henderson 

BOYD Mrs H.A. 

BOYD Mrs Dorothy 

BOYER Mrs Gladys Marjorie 

Evacuated to India then the UK 

Evauated, aged 27, on the Empress of Japan to WA 

then via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To q 

Crosshaven, Co.Cork. Wife of A.C. [1FMSVF POW] 

Evacuated with child on Ulysses, arrived Fremantle WA 

31.12.41. To Anan, Scotland. Wife of A.G. [civilian 

internee]. 

Captain. Evacuated 2.42 to Australia. 

Evacuated to Winchester UK Wife of Dr C.J. [civilian 

internee].. 

Evacuated. Wife of E.T.[FMSVF POW] 

Evacuated with son Michael on the Narkunda. Arrived 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42. To Sydney, Australia where she 

died 1.8..44. Wife of F.A. [SFS POW]

BOYLE Mrs C. 

BOYLE Mrs Wilma 

BOYNTON Mrs Agnes S.’Nan’ 

BRACE Mrs W. 

BRADBURY C. [Charles] 

Evacuated with daughter Joyce on the Orion. Arrived 


Housewife / MAS. Evacuated, aged 29, on the Empress of 


19.3.42. To Wingley, Hants. Wife of M.C. 



24.1.42. To Perth, WA. Wife of A.J. [civilian internee]. 

Nan died 8.10.49 Kilmarnock Infirmary. 

Evacuated to the UK. Wife of Walter [civilian internee]. 

Planter, Johore. Evacuated with wife Nina Jessie to 

Capetown SA. 

BRADDON Mrs M. Evacuated on Gorgon. Arrived Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

BRADDELL Robert Lyttleton Lee MA ‘Datuk’ Solicitor and writer.. Evacuated 11.2.42 on 

the Scott Harley. He and wife arrived in S. Africa 

BRADLEY Master J.R. Evacuated on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. 

BRADY Edward Foster 

BRAGG Mrs Alice 

PWD Engineer, Province Wellesley. Lt VF Evacuated 

2.42 to Padang, Colombo then the Chitral to Bombay. 

Wife Dorothy evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle 

WA 20.2.42. 

Evacuated to SA then UK. Wife of W.J.H. [1FMSVF 

POW]. 

BRAGG Mrs Margaret Mary Evacuated to SA. Returned to Malaya 1947. 

BRAINE Dr Marjorie H. 

BRAINE J.W.S. 

BRAITHWAITE Mrs Pat 

BRAMBLE Mrs F.V. 

Evacuated to Bombay then Orak, Kenya. Wife of Dr 

G.I.H. [civilian internee]. Marjorie died 1979. 

Assistant Accountant, Mercantile Bank of India, Penang. 

Pte FMSVF Armoured Cars [Ipoh] wounded 30.12.41. 

Evacuated to Padang 2.42 then India 

Evacuated with child to Australia. Wife of J.B. 

[KVF POW]. 

Evacuated to India then UK. Wife of Dudley. 

BRAMWELL Mrs E. of Dunlops Evacuated to the UK 

BRAND Mrs Ada 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of Frank. 

BRAND Mrs Corona Hilda Evacuated on Centaur with 2 sons, J. & E. and daughter C. 

Arrived Fremantle WA 13.1.42 then to India. Wife of 

G.M. [2FMSVF] 

BRASH Ms Linda 

BRASH Murray Bruce 

Evacuated 11.2.42 on the Scott Harley 

Assistant Advocate & Solicitor, Allen&Gledhill, Raffles 

Place, Singapore. Evacuated on a minesweeper. Arrived 

Bangalore. Joined RAF.

BRASH Robert Peebles JP 

BREARLEY Mrs Charlotte Elizabeth, 

BREE Mrs Gladys 

BRENNAN Mrs Kathleen A. 

BRENT Mrs Winifred 

BRERETON MARTIN Mrs Mary 

BRETHERTON Mrs Mary Elaine 

BRETHERTON Mrs S.T. 

BRETT Mrs Betty Emily Mary 

BRICE Mrs M.G. 

BRIDGE Mrs Aileen 

BRETT Mrs Dorothy Victoria 

BRIDGE Mrs Aileen 

Partner, Brash & Smith, Benfield St, Ipoh and various 

Directorships. Flying Officer RAFVR. Evacuated to India 

Evacuated, aged 34, with daughter Mary Elizabeth, aged 

5, on the SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 

4.4.42. To Ilford, Essex. Wife of W.R. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with son David on the Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Husband W.G. escaped 

13.2.42 on the Mutiara to Sumatra then to Ceylon and 

Durban SA. 

Evacuated, aged 31, with children Jean aged 9 and David 

aged 3, on the SS Duchess of Bedford, arriving Liverpool 

4.4.42. To Thornton near Blackpool. Wife of David 


Evacuated. Wife of Lionel [3SSVF POW]. Winifred died 

1.5.62 Putney. 

Evacuated to Loughton, Essex. Wife of W.P.S. [SSVF to 

Ist Mysores]. 

Evacuated with daughter Frances Merryn on Ulysses, 

arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. Husband E.H.S. 

[Malay Regiment] escaped Singapore 2.42 to Sumatra 

then Ceylon. 

Evacuated to Leamington Spa UK. Wife of J.T. [Malay 

Regiment POW] 

Principal, King’s School Nursery School & Kindergarten, 

Mount Elizabeth, Singapore Evacuated on Empire Star 

then Plancius – eventually arrived in Dublin. 

Wife of J.G.H. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of C.W.J. [civilian internee]. 


via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Farnham, 

Surrey. Wife of B.F. [civilian internee]. 

Wife of H.C. Evacuated, aged 45 with 2 children, Joan 

aged 15 and Eleanor aged 4. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the 

Tanjoeng Pinang 

Evacuated, aged 43 in 1942, on the Empress of Japan to 

WA then via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. 

To Farnham, Surrey. Wife of B.F. [civilian internee]. 

BRIDGES Mrs D.F. Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

Wife of W.F.N. [FMSVF] who was lost at sea. 

BRIGGS Mrs J. 

BRIGHT Mrs E. 

BRIGHTWELL Mrs F.C.G. 

Evacuated with daughter H. on Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of H. 

Evacuated with son C. on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 

6.1.42. Wife of John. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of Pilot Officer RAFVR POW.

BRIND Mrs W.J. 

BRISBANE C.S. 

BRISK Mrs Mary 

Evacuated with daughter via Australia to Brentwood, 

Essex. Husband a civilian internee. Sons Freddie & 

Jimmy boy soldier POWs with the Gordon Highlanders. 

Manager, Borneo Motors Ltd, Farquhar St, Penang. 

Evacuated to Australia. Cpl to Sgt 5165 SSVF. Wife 

D.G. evacuated on Charon, arriving Fremantle WA 

8.11.41. 



19.3.42. To Sale, Manchester. Wife of I.A. 

BRISK Mrs S.C. Evacuated to Perth WA. Husband a civilian internee. . 

BRISLIN Mrs Winifred Gill ‘Ging’ 

BRITTAIN L.J.[Leon] 

BROADBENT J. 

BROADHEAD Ms Peggy 

BROADHURST Mrs Majorie . 

BROADHURST Francis Eric 

BROADHURST Jack 

BROADHURST Mrs P. 

BROCKEN Mrs P.T. 

BRODIE Mrs Margaret 

BROMLEY Mrs E.H. 

Evacuated with son Robert on Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Wife of J.F. [FMSVF POW] 

Lived at St Nicholas’ Flats, River Valley Rd, Singapore. 

Returned postwar. Winifred died at Claremont WA 1.9.83 

[79]. 

. 

Manager of Nestles & Anglo-Swiss Milk Products Ltd, 

Weld Quay, Singapore. Evacuated to India - wife also? 

Planter Visiting Manager Bukit Pilau Estate NS, Kelpin 

Estate, Bahau and Taipin Estate NS. Evacuated to 

Melbourne with wife H.M. and daughter S.G. evacuated 

on Centaur, arriving Fremantle WA 13.1.42 . 

MBC Programme Assistant – evacuated and transferred to 

India Radio 

Evacuated with daughters Patricia & Sarah and son 

Richard to SA. Husband Douglas K. reached Australia. 

Master Mariner, Singapore – Wharfinger, Singapore 

Harbour Board. Left Singapore on the Bagan 2.42. 

Arrived Batavia where he signed on as a British Navy 

Auxiliary officer. 

L/Cpl FMSVF Armoured Cars. On the Celia 

out of Singapore 14.2.42 then on the SS Dumayer van 

Twist Arrived Fremantle WA on the Zandaam. 

Evacuated with sons J. & G.on Orion. Arrived Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. 

Evacuated to Lahore, India. Husband a 2FMSVF POW. 

Evacuated to Perth WA then Scotland. Wife of W.F. 


Evacuated. Husband a JVE POW. 

BROMLEY T.D. Evacuated on Centaur. Arrived Fremantle WA 13.1.42. 

BROOKE Mrs C.E.R.M. 

Evacuated with infant son on Glenapp, arriving Fremantle 

WA 31.1.42 then to UK. Husband a civilian internee.

BROOKE Ernest Hilary 

BROOKER R.J. 

BROOKES F.H. 

BROOKS Mrs A.C. 

BROOKS Mrs Elizabeth 

BROOKS Mrs Betty 

BROOKS Ms E. 

Assistant, Eastern Smelting Co. Ltd, Birch House, 

Penang. Evacuated with wife W. on Gorgon, arriving 


Manager R.J. Brooker&Co. Singapore – evacuated to 

Durban SA with wife 

Great Eastern Insurance with wife on SS Namyong from 

Singapore 12.2.42 

Evacuated to Coolup WA. Wife of Arthur Cecil [civilian 

internee]. Children Philip & Winifred Rachel on Orion, 



via Capetown SA to Liverpool arriving 19.3.42. 

To Peckham, UK. Wife of E.A.J. [JVE POW] 

Evacuated with daughter. Wife of H.G. [lost at sea on the 

Giang Bee 13.2.42] 

Sister Colonial Nursing Service – Matron, Kuala Pilah, 

NS. Baggage found on Empire Star. Lost at sea 2.42. 

BROOM Mrs Helen Mary nee Joachim – married 1941 KL, a Stenographer, aged 22, 

evacuated on the Empress of Japan to WA then via 

Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To 

Okehampton, Devon. Wife of R.R. [FMSVF POW]. 

Sussex. 

BROOME Mrs Maud Tamsin 

BROWN A.J. [Alexander] 

BROWN Mrs A.L. 

BROWN Mrs A.S. 

BROWN Desmond Melbourne 

BROWN Ms D. 

BROWN Mrs Edith 

BROWN Mrs Edith 

BROWN Mrs Eugenie 

b.1909 Teacher Pudu English School KL Wife of Richard 

Evacuated on the Empress of Japan with 2 children, Juliet 

and James, aged 2 years and 4 wks. To WA then via 

Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To Salisbury 

UK. Post-war teacher in Malaya. Also son, Nicholas. 

Chartered Marine Engineer, Inspector of Machinery and 

Ex. of Engine Drivers, Penang. Also SuperIntendent, Fire 

Brigade, Penang. Sub-Lt SS RNVR/ MRNVR left with 

Bayliss for Muntok. Wife N.R. He lost at sea 17.2.42 on 

the Tanjoeng Pinang 

Evacuated to NSW. Wife of J.A.H. [Civilian internee]. 

Lived at 32 Maxwell Rd, Ipoh. Evacuated to Edinburgh. 

Wife of A.S. [ Perak LDC/civilian internee]. 

Evacuated on Empire Star. Arrived Fremantle WA 

23.2.42. 


Evacuated. Wife of John [2FMSVF POW] 

Evacuated to Glasgow.Wife of John G. [Civilian 

internee]. She died 11 10.62 Penang. 


24.1.42 with children Anthony & Marie.

BROWN Mrs Joyce Gwendoline 

BROWN Mrs G.W.F. 

BROWN Mrs J.C. 

BROWN Mrs Joy Octavia 

Evacuated with son Jeffrey on Ulysses arriving 

Fremantle WA 31.12.41. To Perth WA . Wife of F.T. 

[1SSVF POW] 

Evacuated with son G. on Charon. Arrived Fremantle WA 

18.1.42. Husband a 2 FMSVF POW. 

Evacuated on Charon to Fremantle WA, arriving 

8.11.41. Husband G.H.[Perak LDC Civilian internee] 

Evacuated. Wife of H.S. 

BROWN Mrs M.M. 

BROWN J.L.K. ‘Jack’ 

BROWN Mrs E.E. 

BROWN Merton Henry 

BROWN Mrs Phyllis Mary 

BROWN Mrs R.D. 

BROWN Mrs R.N. 

BROWN Stanley ‘Cherub’ 

BROWN Mrs Beatrice 

Evacuated with son Alistair [ b.1941 Batu Gajah] to Perth 

WA then Renfrew, Scotland. Wife of J.J.M. [LDC / 

Civilian internee]. 

Assistant Planter, Kerling Estate[Guthries], Sendayen, 

Ulu Selangor. FMSVF 1930s. Evacuated to Australia. 

Evacuated to Perth, Scotland. Wife of J.M. [Civilian 

internee] 

Manager of Thorneycrofts Shipyard, Kallang. Married 

Violet Callaway 1933 Singapore. RAFVR. 

Escaped Singapore on his yacht the White Swan 10.2.42. 

Arrived Muntok 13.2.42.Arrived Batavia 15.2.42. HMAS 

Bendigo to Australia 


a VAD no.1 Base Hospital, Johore.Evacuated 2.42 to 

Perth WA. [wife of Robert Doig Brown POW] 


Accountant, Office of Custodian of Enemy Property FMS 

KL Sgt 5929 2FMSVF to Sub-Lt MRNVR.Lost at sea 

16.2.42 

Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of Sutherland [FMSVF 

to Royal Corps of Signals POW]. 

BROWN Mrs Elizabeth Sutherland ‘Betty’ Evacuated to UK. Wife of T.W. [FMSVF POW] 

BROWN William Donald 

Chartered Bank, Klang 12.41 then Singapore. Evacuated 

to Padang then on HMAS Hobart 1.3.42 to Colombo then 

to India. 

BROWN Mrs Winifred Elizabeth Queen’s Army Schoolmistress. Aged 42 in 1942. 

Evacuated on the SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived 

Liverpool 4.4.42. To Loughborough, Leicestershire. 

BROWN Mrs Christine Kennedy 

BROWN Mr and Mrs 

Aged 44 in 1942, evacuated on the SS Duchess of 

Bedford. Arrived Liveroool 4.4.42. To Edinburgh. Wife 

of W.F. [ LDC civilian internee]. 

of Penang. Manufacturers Life Insurance. Evacuated to 

India then SA

BROWNE Mrs F.G. 

BROWNE Mrs B. 

BROWNE Mrs Hilda 

BROWNE Mrs Phyllis 

BROWNING Mrs Ruby 

BROWNING Mrs Elsie 

BRUCE Mrs Ann 

BRUCE Mrs M. 

BRUCE Mrs Isabel 

BRUCE Mrs Joyce 

BRUCE Mrs Elizabeth 

BRUCE Mrs R. 

BRUCE Mrs W.H. 

Evacuated to S.A then UK. Husband FMSVF to General 

List POW. 

Evacuated to Rhodesia then UK. Wife of G.G.T. 


Evacuated to Wimbledon Park, London. Wife of G.M. 




19.3.42. To Tedington, Middlesex. 

Evacuated with son Nigel. Wife of Douglas. He escaped 

from Singapore to Sumatra. On the Dumayer van Twist to 

Java. Reached Australia 29.4.42. Joined Force 136 and 

returned to Malaya. He died 20.6.47 at Westminster 

Hospital of illness relating to his time in the jungle. . 

Housewife aged 39 in 1942. Evacuated with son Robert 

Harington, aged 1, on the Empress of Japan to WA then 

via Capetown, arriving Liverpool 19.3.42. To Stamford 

Cross. 

Evacuated to Australia. Wife of Alexander [civilian 

internee] 

Evacuated to Blackpool UK. Wife of A.M. [civilian 

internee] . 

Evacuated with daughter Isobel on Charon, arriving 

Fremantle WA 18.1.42. Isabel died 7.5.65 Evesham. 

Wife of A.R. [1FMSVF POW] 

Evacuated to SA. Wife of E.R.G. [1FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated with daughter Anne. Wife of F.G. 

Evacuated on the Empire Star. Wife of R.K.A. [FMSVF 

POW] 

Evacuated to NZ. Wife of W.H. [Perak LDC] 

BRUNDLE Kenneth A. Assistant Architect PWD Straits Settlements 1938-41. 

Evacuated 13 2.42 on the Kuala – sunk. On Pompong 

Island. Evacuated from Padang to Ceylon on HMAS 

Hobart 1.3.42. then to India. 

BRUNT Mrs Mabel Ann 

BRUNTON Mrs G.M. 

BRYAN John Jeffries OBE 


Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To London. Wife of 

V.J.H. [SSVF POW] 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of F.H. [civilian internee].. 

Executive PWD Engineer, Kedah. Evacuated 2.42 to 

Padang, Colombo then India. Wife Jean M. evacuated 

with son John on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42 then to UK.

BRYANT Mrs Constance Rachel Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 3.12.41 

then to Beaconsfield UK. Wife of F.J. She died 7.12.46 

London NW8. 

BRYANT Mrs Gertrude 

BRYANT Mrs B.A. 

BRYCE Mrs A. 

Evacuated to London. Wife of G.W. [Civilian internee]. 

She died 11.10.61 Chelsea. 

Evacuated to Paignton, Devon. Wife of S.L. [civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of H.S. [civilian internee]. 

BRYCE-SMITH Mitchell From NZ. PWD Batu Gajah. Evacuated to Padang then ? 

Died 1979 Timaru NZ. 

BRYDEN Samuel 

BRYNING Mrs Jane 

BRYSON Mrs Ida 

BUCHAN Mrs Betty 

BUCHANAN Mrs Betty 

BUCHANAN Andrew 

BUCHANAN Mrs Jenny 

BUCHANAN Mrs R.K. 

BUCKERIDGE Mrs Lucy 

BUCKLE Arthur Charles ACA 

BUCKLEY Mrs Sarah H. 

BULFORD Edward Henry JP 

SuperIntendent, Johore Works [Resident Engineer 

Pontain] then Municipality, Singapore. Evacuated to 

Perth WA 2.42 arriving Fremantle on the Khoen Hoea 

Evacuated. Wife of H.E.W. [civilian internee] 

Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. Evacuated to 

Capetown SA then UK.Wife of H.P. [Civilian internee]. 

Ida died 19.4.72 at Guildford. 

Evacuated to Australia. Wife of R.S. [1SSVF POW]. 

Returned to Singapore postwar. Daughters Kerry & 

Sheena. 

Evacuated. Wife of Alexander [Civilian internee]. 

Civilian Depth Charge Manager Boom Defence. Lost at 

sea 13.2.42[49] on the Giang Bee. 

Evacuated. Wife of Mungo [SRA[V] POW]. 

Evacuated to Sydney. 

Wife of B.C.J.[Civilian internee]. Robinsons employee, 

Raffles Square, Singapore.Evacuated to UK 

Director, Kennedy, Burkhill & Co.Ltd, 39 Beach St, 

Penang. CQMS 4SSVF. Hon. Treasurer, St Nicholas’ 

Home for Blind Children .To Melbourne with family. 

Daughter Daphne b.1942 Melbourne. Returned to Penang 

postwar till 1951 then to Vancouver. 

Evacuated , aged 41, with daughter Hilda, aged 7, to 

Australia then Sheffield UK Wife of T.A. 


Penang Stockbroker: Partner, A.A. Anthony & Co., 

Beach St, Penang & visiting agent to various estates. 

Wife Ida Margaret May & children Noreen & Gerald 

[Gerry] evacuated to Perth WA. He escaped from 

Singapore on the Bagan, a SHB vessel to Sumatra. 

Subsequently to Ceylon on the Modasa then to Fremantle 

WA on the Katoomba . He worked in the Australian 

Govt’s Chief Secretary’s Office. Retired to Ottery St 

Mary, Devon. Died 9.3.56.

BULFORD Henry Norman West 

BUNTIN Mrs Margaret 

BURCHELL Mrs E. 

BURCHETT Mrs J.H. 

BURDETT Mrs Mary 

BURGESS Mrs Anne F. MB ChB 

BURGESS Mrs Gwen 

BURGESS Mrs Anne 

BURIATTE Mrs Anne 

BURKE Mrs C. 

BURKE Mrs Christine 

b.1897 Essex. Assistant Planter, Sungei Bongkok Estate, 

Kedah then Manager, Bukit Pekaka Estate, Kuala Sidim 

Rubber Co.Ltd, Kuala Ketil, Kedah. Evacuated on 

Gorgon. Arrived Fremantle WA 20.2.42. Died 21.1.51 

[53] Perth WA. 

Secretary, evacuated on the SS Duchess of Bedford. 

Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Dundee, Scotland. 

Wife of J.S. [SSVF] – on home leave 12.41.. 

Evacuated to Stoke-on-Trent UK. Wife of A.H. [Civilian 

internee] 

Evacuated to Candy, Ceylon then Princes Aisborough, 

Bucks. Son Peter James. Husband a civilian internee. 


of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Sheffield. 

Temporary Lady Medical Officer, Women’s Hospital, 

Kuala Kangsar. Wife of Dr R.C. Burgess. Evacuated to 

Victoria, Australia 

Evacuated. Wife of George [1FMSVF POW] 

Evacuated to Ceylon with 2 children . Wife of R.C. 

[FMSVF/RAMC POW] 

A New Zealander, evacuated on Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of E.A. [3SSVF POW] 

Evacuated with daughter M. on the Orion, arriving 



of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Balham SW17. 

BURKE-GAFFNEY Edward Mary O’Donnell PWD Senior Executive Engineer NS. Lt Colonel 

FMSVF Evacuated on Kuala [sunk]. Reached Padang 

2.42 then Colombo, India then UK Wife Phyllis and 

children Marjorie & James. 

BURN Mrs Florence 

BURNE Mrs M.E. 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. Wife of Lindsay [civilian 

internee] 

Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of E.C. [FMSVF POW] 

She was later killed in CT ambush 1948 aged 37. 

BURNETT Mrs Gwendolyn Muriel Evacuated , aged 49 , with daughter Jacqueline, aged 16, 

on the SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. 

To West Derby, Liverpool. Wife of J.W. [3SSVF POW]. 

Gwen died 4.2.68 [75]. . 

BURNHAM Mrs Edith Mabel 

BURNHAM Mrs B. 

Evacuated to Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. Wife of B.R.M. 

[RAFVR POW] 

Evacuated to NSW Australia [then UK?]. Wife of J.R. 

[Civilian internee].

BURNS Mrs Alice Wylie J. Evacuated on Ulysses. Arrived Fremantle WA 31.12.41. 

BURNS George Rettie Assistant Planter, Staffield Estate, Mantin NS 1939-40 

then planting near Ipoh. Sgt 1FMSVF. On the Celia out of 

Singapore 14.2.42 then SS Dumayer van Twist from 

Sumatra to Java. Reached Australia. Wife Peggy 

evacuated. Returned postwar. He died 19.5.60 Tawau, 

North Borneo 

BURNS Mrs Rosamund 

BURNS Mrs Bid R. 

BURNS Mrs T. 

BURNSIDE Mrs Winifred 

BURNSIDE Ms June 

BURR Mrs Emily Gertrude 

BURRALL Mrs W.J.M. 

BURRETT Mrs I.G. 

BURROWS Mrs Madge 

BURT Mrs Winifred 

Evacuated to Swansea, Wales. Wife of J.R.H. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated to Glasgow, Scotland. Wife of Robert [civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated on Rantau Husband a civilian internee. 

Evacuated with son Richard John on Aorangi, arriving 

Fremantle WA 23.142. To Perth WA then Maritzburg SA 

then Ramsgate UK. Husband C.W.R. a civilian internee. 

Evacuated, aged 18, on the SS Duchess of Bedford. 

Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Norwich. 

Evacuated with husband B.H., Manager, Gemas Estate 

To SA then Tanga, East Africa. Retired to Southend-on- 

Sea, Essex. He died 31.5.72 

Evacuated with children to Delhi. Husband an FMSVF 

POW. 

Evacuated to UK. Husband a civilan internee. 

Evacuated with children Shirley and Gordon on 

Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Husband, 

a police officer, escaped from Singapore 2.42. 


via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To 

Tamworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Wife of C.G. [SRE 

POW] 

BURT Mrs Maud Evacuated on the Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42 

then to UK. Wife of Gordon [civilian internee] 

BURTON Mrs Ada 

BURTON Mrs C.I.R. 

BURTON Mrs Dorothy May [Dolly] 

BURTON John H.M. ‘Jack’ BA AMICE 


of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To East Ham, 

London E6. 

Evacuated to Sydney. Husband a 3SSVF POW. 

from Montreal, Canada. Wife of W.L.[civilian internee] 

Lived at 194 Watten Park, Dunearn Rd, Singapore. Lost 

at sea 14.2.42[46] on the Kuala 

from Farnham, Surrey. Assistant Engineer PWD Johore 

Bahru. Evacuated 2.42 to Sumatra then India. Married 

Marjorie Hatch 1936 Singapore. She was evacuated to 

Bombay. Post-war PWD Federation of Malaya. Retired 

1957 to Hordle, Hants. Daughters Ann and Joanna.

BURTT Mrs Winifred 

BUTCHER Herbert Charles BSc 

BUTCHER Mrs Minnie 

Evacuated to Birmingham UK. Wife of A.W. [Civilian 

internee]. Winifred died 25.9.64 Guy’s Hospital, London 

Chemist, the Straits Trading Co.Ltd, Pulau Brani Smelting 

Works, Singapore. Sub-Lt SS RNVR. Escaped to Natal 

SA. Returned post-war as Senior Chemist, Forensic Dept, 

Dept of Chemistry FOM at KL. Also Commander, 

MRNVR. 

Evacuated on Orion with children V. & B. Arrived 


BUTLER Mrs E. Evacuated on Aoranji, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. 

BUTLER Mrs B. 

BUTT Mrs Violet Vivien 

Evacuated to Bangalore. Wife of H.A.G. [Civilian 

internee] 

Housewife aged 32 in 1942. Evacuated with children 

Daphne aged 11, George aged 6 and Gillian aged 1 on the 

SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. HKSH 

Bank connections? 

BUTTER Mrs J.C.C. Evacuated on Gorgon. Arrived Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

BUTTER W. 

BUTTERFIELD Mrs Monica 

BUXTON Mrs Eleanor Mary 

BYERS Mrs Kay 

BYNOE Mrs Irene Barbara 

General Importer, Agent for Signode Steel Strapping 

Company, Chicago, 142-3 Cecil St, Singapore. Evacuated 

to N.Transvaal S.A. 

Evacuated with daughter Sarah on the Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Husband C.H. an SRA[V] POW. 

Evacuated with children incl. son Cuthbert Edgar to Kent, 

UK. Wife of C.A. [LDC/ civilian internee] Eleanor died 

13.1.46 Southsea. 

Evacuated. Wife of C.R. [RASC POW] 

Evacuated with son C.[ b.1940] on Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Perth WA. Wife of Dr M.L. 


BYRDE Mrs D.V. Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

Wife of L.W.C. [civilian internee] 

BYERS Mrs Marjorie.H. 

BYRON Mrs Marcella Emily 

CABLE F.S. OBE 1954 


Evacuated to Bournemouth. Wife of H.A. 

[Borneo VF] 

b.1906 SA. Assistant, South British Insurance. Sub-Lt SS 

RNVR 1936-1939. Lt MRNVR CO HMS Gemas 1939- 

2.1942 – scuttled at Tjilitjap. Arrived in Australia 3.42 on 

HMAS Bendigo. Lt NZRNVR Minesweepers 1942-1945. 

Post–war Commander MRNVR 1950s. Died 17.12.55. 

CADDY Mrs Joan Evacuated with children Rachel and John [ b.1939 

Camborne] evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 

6.1.42. To Victoria. Wife of J.B. [ FMSVF Light Battery 

POW]

CAIN Mrs Elsie Mary 

CAIRNS Mrs Margaret 

CAIRNS Mrs Kathleen Margaret 

CALDER James. MA CMG 

CALDER Mrs Winifred Findlay 

CALDERWOOD Mrs Constance 

Evacuated, aged 42, with daughter June on Centaur, 

arriving Fremantle WA 29.11.41 then to UK. Husband 

T.G. a civilian internee. 

Evacuated with children Colin & Bridget on Narkunda, 

arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42 then to NZ. Wife of Colin 

[2FMSVF/Dalforce POW] 

Wife of James; mother of Jimmy [civilian internees]. 

She was killed in an air attack 13.2.42 [29] Kuala/Keppel 

Harbour 

MCS. Secretary to Resident NS. Custodian of Enemy 

Property FMS. Evacuated to India with wife Emma. 

Then to Australia: Returned with BMA 1945. He died 

24.1.68 Nelson NZ. 

Evacuated, aged 37, on the SS Duchess of Bedford. 

Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Carnoustie, Angus,. 

Scotland. Wife of R.C. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with daughter Marion on Narkunda. Arrived 


CALDICOTT Mrs Sally Evacuated on the Merkur with daughters, Alison, aged 3 

and Susan, aged 1, to Perth WA. Wife of G.H. [SRE 

POW].. 

CALDWELL Mrs Olive G. 

CALDWELL Mrs Pamela 

CALDWELL Raymond Ernest 

CALDWELL Mrs I. 

CALLAGHAN Mrs M. 

CALLAGHER A.G. 

CALHAEM Mrs Jean 

CALLARD Mrs Wendy 

CALTHROP Felix Richard ‘Dicky’ 

CALVERT Mrs Ruth 

Evacuated with children Edward & Frances May on 

Narkunda. Arrived Fremantle WA 24.1.42. To Perth WA. 

Wife of A.F. [civilian internee] 

Evacuated to Westmoreland UK. Wife of F.A.S. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Retired Police officer. Lived at Goodwood Hill Rd, 

Singapore. Evacuated on Charon with wife D. and 

daughter J. arriving Fremantle WA 18.1.42. 


Evacuated to Sumatra then India 

of Singapore. Evacuated to Sumatra then India 

Evacuated. Wife of T.M. [1SSVF POW].. Son 

Colin. 

Evacuated. Wife of E.M.R. [ Sgt Perak LDC. Killed 

7.1.42 [55] near his estate, Slim River]. 

b.1907. Manager Coles Estate, Masai, Johore. Sapper JVE 

to 2 nd Lt Dalforce. Left Singapore on the SS Kembong 

15.2.42. Arrived Perth WA. Joined 3 rd QA Gurkha Rifles: 

Captain. Died 25.1.44 Indian Base Hospital. Grave at 

Delhi. 

Evacuated. Wife of A.L. [FMSVF POW]

CAMBRIDGE R.R.[Ralph Robert] BSc 

CAMERON Mrs Elizabeth 

CAMERON Mrs Jean 

b.1909. To Trinidad 1931. To Malaya 1936. Assistant 

Engineer, PWD Kuala Kangsar. Married Nursing Sister 

Margaret McBride 7.39 Penang. Lt FMSVF Evacuated to 

Padang, Colombo then SS Chitral to Bombay. 2 nd Lt 

33804 Royal Engineers 29.1.45. Post war Assistant 

Director PWD HQ KL [Roads?]. To Trinidad 1955. He 

& wife members of BAM till 1973. Died 1982 West 

Sussex. 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wfe of Dr A.A. [civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated with son Lachlan [born 1937 Singapore] 

to UK. Wife of A.R. [civilian internee]. 

CAMERON Dr Mrs Margaret E. MB ChB Evacuated to Auckland NZ. Wife of Dr J.A.P. [Civilian 

internee]. 

CAMERON D.G. 

CAMERON Mrs D.M. 

CAMERON J.N. 

CAMERON James Wallace 

CAMERON Mrs Jean 

CAMERON Mrs Lillie 

CAMERON Mrs Marjorie Anderson 

CAMERON Mrs Wilhelmina 

CAMERON Mrs Sybil 

CAMPBELL Alexander Donald B.Sc 

CAMPBELL Mrs Ann 

CAMPBELL D.L.S. 

CAMPBELL Mrs Enid 

Director, Australia NZ Mining Ltd. Pte 7236 FMSVF. 

On the SS Dumayer van Twist from Sumatra to Java. 

Reached Sydney. 

Evacuated to Colombo. Husband a 1SSVF POW. 

Colonial Service Nursing Sister. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the 

Tanjoeng Pinang 

Acting Manager, Pusing Rubber and Tin Ltd, Perak. L/Cpl 

6169 1FMSVF. Lost at sea 15.2.42 [34] on the SS 

Redang 

Evacuated with son Lachlen on Narkunda, arriving 



of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Rowlands 

Castle, Hants. 

Evacuated to Mt Lawley WA. Wife of M.F.[FMSVF 

POW] 

Evacuated to Edinburgh. Wife of R.H. [FMSVF POW]. 



19.3.42. To London. 

b.1906. PWD Executive Engineer, Perlis. Captain VF 

Evacuated 2.42 to Padang then India 

Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. Wife of C.D. [Civilian internee]. 

Chief Engineer Ipoh – escaped to Perth WA 

Evacuated with daughters Ann and June on Narkunda, 


CAMPBELL Herbert Alan ‘Jock’ CBE OBE General Manager Labis Rubber Estate, Johore 

[SOCFIN Group] 26879 Major KOSB/SOE. Escaped

2.42 and worked Sumatra escape route. Continued work 

with SOE and Australian SRD – involved in the planning 

of Operations Jaywick and Rimau. Awarded Cross of 

French Legion of Honour 1952. Post-war Director & 

General Manager, SOCFIN. Member of Federal 

Legislative Council and Chairman, Rubber Producers 

Council. He died 21.7.73 Blairgowrie. Isobel died 

6.6.1983 Blairgowrie. Daughters Patricia & Jean. 

CAMPBELL John Patrick 

CAMPBELL John Victor Telfer BSc 

Land & Staff Officer, Singapore Harbour Board 

Wife evacuated to Perth WA. He left Singapore on Bagan. 

Arrived Seapoint, Capetown SA. 

.PWD Executive Engineer. Captain VF. 

Evacuated 2.42 on Kuala [sunk]. To Padang, Colombo 

then SS Chitral to Bombay 

CAMPBELL Mrs Joan and husband Percival Robert He was. Assistant, Import Dept, Henry Waugh & 

Co. Ltd. He wasevacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle 

WA 20.2.42. To Perth W.A. With Henry Waugh & Co. till 

1948. Joan & daughter Pamela evacuated on Charon, 

arriving Fremantle WA 18.1.42. Other children: Peter and 

John. P.R. died 25.10.71 Burgess Hill, Sussex. 

CAMPBELL Robert Henry 

CAMPBELL Mrs M. 

Assistant Planter, Batang Consolidated Rubber Estates 

Ltd, Batang, Malacca. Wife evacuated early to Australia 

[Centaur 22.2.41]. Sub-Lt MRNVR. Died at sea 

13.2.42 on the Giang Bee 

Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42 then 

to Durban SA then Belfast N.Ireland.. Wife of Dr S.J 

. [Civilian internee]. 

CAMPBELL Mrs and 6 children Evacuated on the Empire Star then Plancius 2.42 

CAMPBELL-MILES Alan Campbell MC 

CANNELL Mrs Sylvia May 

CANTLAY Mrs A.J. 

CANTRELL Kenneth Herbert 

CANTRELL Ms Muriel Elizabeth ‘Betty’ 

North Johore Planter L/Cpl 189 JVE to Lt IAOC 

20.12.41. Escaped from Pengarang to Sumatra 17.2.42. 

Evacuated from Padang to Colombo. Returned to Malaya 

as SOE/15 Punjabs Lt Colonel 

Evacuated early with daughters C. & S. on Charon 

arriving Fremantle WA 28.4.41 . Son Christopher. 

Husband A. a civilian internee. Sylvia died 27.6.47 Friern 

Barnet. 

Evacuated to Melbourne, Australia. Husband a civilian 

internee. 

Customs Officer FMS. Sub-Lt RNVR on the Ping Wo. 

Arrived Australia as did his mother Aileen and her 

daughter Gillian [evacuated on Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42]. Sister, Betty evacuated – see 

below. Returned to Malayan Customs 1946.. 

Sister of K.H. Evacuated to Delhi, India. Served on 

Wavell’s then Mountbatten’s staff. Married Peter 

Blackwell 1946. Died 1991. 

CAPEL Mrs M.C. Evacuated with daughter E.C. on Gorgon. Arrived 20.2.42 

Fremantle WA. To Sydney, Australia. Wife of A.H.


CARBERY Alan Martin 

To Singapore 1938 aged 21. Assistant, Boustead & 

Co.Ltd, Union Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore. Left 

Singapore on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 28.5.41. 

CARBONELL Mrs Dargen 

CARDEW Arthur Haydn Peter CBE 

CAREY Mrs Teresa Frances 

CAREY Mrs Dorothy 

CAREY Mrs Georgina 

CAREY-FOSTER Arnold Edward 

CARLISLE J. [James] 

Evacuated to Melbourne, Australia then Beaworthy, 

Devon UK. Wife of W.L.R. [Civilian internee]. 

Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electrical Dept FMS. 

Evacuated from Singapore. Ship sunk on Singkep Island 

then on the SS Dumayer van Twist to Tjilitjap. To 

Fremantle WA on the Zaandam. Returned postwar to 

Central Electricity Board FOM. Children Amanda & 

Piers. A.H.P. died 11.8.75 [63] Woking. 

Evacuated with daughter E. & son B. on Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of L.J.P. [civilian internee]. 

Evacuated. Wife of T.F. [1SSVF POW]. 

Evacuated to Maxton, Roxburgshire, Scotland. Son born 

7.42 Galashiels Hospital. Husband T.F. [KVF Seconded to 

1 st Btt Malay Regiment POW] 

Vet to Race Course Association 1935-41. Returned to 

Singapore from home leave 8.12.41. 2nd Lt FMSVF 

to General List. Escaped 2.42 to Padang, Colombo then 

India. Later Major. 

b.1905. Tin Dredgemaster, Kota Tinggi. Sapper JVE no.3 

Section, Kota Tinggi. Escaped from Singapore 2.42. 

Died 1963. Son Hamish. 

CARLOS E.R. Cpl 2SSVF Died at sea 21.2.42. 

Wife Elizabeth a Changi and Sime Rd internee. 

CARPENTER Ms Florence G. BA Assistant Mistress, St Mary’s School KL 1938-1941. 

Evacuated. Post-war Principal, St Mary’s School KL. 

CARR Mrs Emma 

CARR Mrs Patricia 

CARR-ARCHER Joseph Asplan 

CARRIER Charles Lionel 

CARROLL Mrs Rosina 


Japan with children Dorothy aged 17 and John aged 9. 

To WA then, via Capetown, arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. 

To Orpington, Kent. 

Evacuated to SA then Herts UK. Wife of M.H. [Civilian 

internee]. 

b.1913. Customs & Excise Dept FMS. VF to RAOC. 

Evacuated to Kenya. Wife evacuated on the Orion to 

Australia then to Kenya. 

District Forest Officer, Dindings & Bruas, Perak. 

2nd Lt Dalforce. Evacuated to Sumatra then Wu Chang to 

Colombo. Living in Ipoh 1970. 

Evacuated, aged 40, evacuated on the Empress of Japan to

WA then, via Capetown, to Liverpool arriving 19.3.42. To 

Canning Town, London. Wife of J.W. [Civilian internee].. 

CARROLL-ROBERTSON Mrs Sybil 

CARUTH Mrs Daphne Patricia 

CARRUTHERS William James ‘Bill’ 

Evacuated, aged 29 in 1942, on the Empress of Japan to 

WA then, via Capetown, to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. 

To Edinburgh. Wife of J.N. [3FMSVF POW] 

Evacuated to SA. Wife of R.A.Y. [Malacca LDC to 

RAF POW]. 

Mining Engineer. CSM 1FMSVF. Got to Sumatra but 

lost at sea 28.2.42 on the Ban Ho Guan. Wife Elspeth & 

daughter Morag in Sydney 12.41. 

CARRUTHERS Mrs Patricia Evacuated. Wife of W.N. [2FMSVF POW]. . 

CARSON Mrs Gloria 

Evacuated to Australia. Wife of B.H. [3SSVF POW] 

CARSON G.L.[George Lefroy] B.Sc [Forestry] b.1914 Port Moresby, New Guinea. Educated 

Victoria College & Edinburgh University. To Malaya 

1937. Assistant Conservator of Forests, Forests Dept FMS 

& SS. District Forest Officer, Kinta, Perak. 2nd Lt 

1FMSVF. Evacuated on the SS Dumayer van Twist from 

Sumatra to Java. Arrived Sydney. Mentioned in 

Despatches. To Nigeria then returned to Malaya with the 

BMA. Retired 1970 to Jersey. Died 8.12. 1998 Jersey. 

CARSON 

CARSWELL Mrs Thomasina 

CARTER Mrs Vida Minnie 

Planter, Tanah Merah Estate Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the 

Giang Bee 


Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Aberdeen. 

Wife of Robert [civilian internee].. 

Evacuated, aged 52, to Bideford IK. Wife of Allan Frank 

[Perak LDC 12.40 to Singapore Observer Corps 16.1.42. 

Civilian internee.] 

CARTER Mrs Doris Evacuated to SA. Aged 35 in 1942. 

CARTER Mrs G. 

CARTER Harold Lovelace 

Evacuated to Australia. Wife of George [Civilian 

internee]. 

Civil Engineer: Proprietor & Engineer, H.L. Carter & Co. 

22 Orchard Rd, Singapore - left 5.2.42 on the launch 

Fedjetra. Wife M. & son P. evacuated on Orion. Arrived 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42 then to Sydney. Returned postwar. 

CARTER Mrs Margaret MBC Evacuated to Batavia then ? 

CARTER Mrs Joyce 

CARTWRIGHT A.E. 

CARTWRIGHT William Nicholas 

Evacuated with daughter Connie to Victoria then Charing, 

Kent.. Wife of R.R.C.[1st Btt Malay Regiment]. He was 

lost at sea 28.2.42[34] on the Ban Ho Guan. Joyce 

remarried 1946- to D.C.A. Fraser at KL. 

PWD Engineer. Evacuated 2.42 to Padang then India 

Post-war Assistant Director PWD HQ KL [Water?] 

PWD Assistant Engineer. Evacuated 2.42 to Padang. Wife 

Eileen also evacuated

CARVILLE N.E. 

MBC Mechanic. Evacuated with wife M. 2.42. Arrived 

Fremantle WA on Klang 2.3.42. ABC Mechanic, Perth 

WA 

CARY Mrs Joan Evacuated. Wife of J.E.F.S. [1 FMSVF POW]. . 

CASE Mrs Florence and daughter A.L. 

CASELEY John Reginald BSc AMICE 

CASHIN Mrs J. 

CASSAM Mrs Katherine ‘Mollie’ 

Widow of Andrew Julian Case. Tronoh Changkat Estate, 

Tronoh, Perak [1935 Directory]. Evacuated to Durban 

SA. Florence died 23.9.48 [84] Durban SA. 

b.1898. Engineer: Partner, Fogden, Brisbane & Co. Wife 

Katherine C. Caseley [nee Spence] MD Aberdeen b.1899 

died 1996. Both evacuated on the Gorgon with daughter 

Jane. Arrived Fremantle WA 20.2.42. To Perth WA, NZ 

then Glasgow. To Edenbridge, Kent. He, Director of 

Open Cast Coal, Ministry of Fuel & Power. Died 1972. 

Evacuated with 2 daughters to India. 

Member of MAS. Evacuated, aged 33, on the Empress 

of Japan to WA then, via Capetown, to Liverpool – 

arrived 19.3.42. To Northwood, Middlesex UK Wife of 

L.H. [SRE POW] 

CASSELS Mrs Enid Louise 

CASSIDY Mrs Villa 

Evacuated to Motherwell, Scotland with daughter 

Penelope. Wife of E.J. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with children J. & J. evacuated on Orion, 

arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Sydney. Husband T.P. 

an FMSVF POW. 

CASSON Leslie Frank Head of English Raffles College, Singapore 1938-1941. 

Evacuated to South Africa. Chair of English, University 

of Capetown - 1968. Died 1969 [66]. 

CASSY Kenneth J. 

CASTLE Mrs Florence 

CATTELL Mrs N. 

Assistant, Kennedy, Burkhill & Co.Ltd - to Australia 

on Charon. Arrived Fremantle WA 18.1.42. 2 nd Lt 

2SSVF. 

Evacuated, aged 51 in 1942, evacuated on the Empress of 

Japan to WA then, via Capetown, to Liverpool, arriving 

19.3.42. To London. Wife of F.W. [Civilian internee]. 

Living in Hobart, Tasmania 1969. 

Evacuated to London. Wife of E.N. [Civilian internee] 

CATON Edward Jack 

CATON Edward Robert 

CAULFIELD Mrs Bertha Lillian 

from S.Rhodesia. To Malaya 1938 aged 22. Staff, Harper 

Gilfillan & Co.Ltd. Sub-Lt MRNVR. Lost at sea 16.2.42 

Agent, Topham, Jones and Railton Ltd, HM Naval Base 

Evacuated with wife Edith Lavinia, aged 49 in 1942, to 

Egypt then to Salisbury, S.Rhodesia. Returned to 

Singapore 1946. 

Evacuated 10.2.42 to Durban SA. Wife of L.H.T. [1SSVF 

POW].

CAVE-PENNY F.L. 

CAVILL C.G. 

CHADWICK Mrs Jean 

CHALMERS Alexander ‘Sheepie’ 

CHALMERS Mrs Rosemary 

Staff, Asiatic Petroleum Company, Downing St, Penang 

Evacuated from Singapore 11.2.42. Wife Yolande, aged 

33 in 1942, and son Anthony, aged 5, evacuated earlier. 

Retired to Teddington, Middlesex. Member of BAM till 

1973. 

Tin Miner Pte FMSVF Escaped 15.2.42 reached 

Sumatra then Colombo 

Evacuated, aged 28, on the Empress of Japan to 

WA then, via Capetown, to Liverpool arriving 19.3.42. 

To Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire. Wife of Donald [SSVF 

POW]. 

from Aberdeen. Assistant, Siliau Estate NS then Ulu 

Sawah Estate, Rantau NS. Wife Sybil evacuated on 

Aoranji, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42 then to Scotland. 

A. was lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang Bee 

Evacuated to S.A then Penrith UK. Wife of B.G. [Civilian 

internee]. 

CHALMERS Mrs Catherine 

CHALMERS Mrs E.M. 

CHALMERS Mrs Joan 

CHAMBERLIN John, Richard, Robert 

CHAMBERS Mrs Winifred B. 

CHAMBERS Mrs Nora 

CHAMBERS Ms S. 

CHAMIER Mrs Sylvia 


Japan to WA then, via Capetown, to Liverpool –arrived 

19.3.42. To Aberdeen. Wife of James [3FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated to Selkirk, Scotland. Three children also 

evacuated. Wife of J.M. [Civilian internee]. 


of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Aberdeen. 

Sons of F.W. [civilian internee]. Mother deceased. 

Evacuated on Narkunda arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

John, aged 1, died 1.2.42 Perth WA of enteritis.. 

Teacher. Evacuated, aged 29 on the SS Duchess of 

Bedford., arriving Liverpool 4.4.42. Winifred in Sierra 

Leone setting up a Women’s Training College 1943-1944. 

Husband B.E. a Malay Regiment POW. 

Wife of John, aged 37 in 1942. Palembang, Sumatra 

internee. 5 year old daughter evacuated to UK. Nora’s 

father Mr Hope died in Changi. Returned to post-war 

Malaya. Died 1987 

Evacuated, aged 5, on Orion, arrived Fremantle WA 

6.1.42. Later to UK. Daughter of John & Nora Chambers 

[Civilian internees] 

Evacuated to Perth WA with daughter [b.1937 Singapore] 

joining son R. Wife of A. [1SSVF POW]. 

CHAMIER Mrs Mary Francis Isabella [Molly] Evacuated, aged 32 in 1942 with son Michael, aged 1, 

on the SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. 

To Harrow-on-the-Hill. Wife of S.E. [FMSVF POW]. 

CHAMP Mrs Angela Muriel 

Evacuated, aged 32 with son David, aged 12, and daughter

F. aged 5, on Charon to Fremantle WA 28.4.41. To Perth 

Husband C.G. followed 11.2.42. Then to Durban SA. 

CHANDLER Mrs J. 

CHAPMAN Mrs A.T. 

Evacuated with daughter S. on Orion, arriving Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. Repatriated to Dublin. Wife of G.H. 

[Perak LDC; civilian internee]. 

Evacuated. Wife of A.S. [FMSVF POW]. 

CHAPMAN F.M. 

CHAPMAN Mrs J.P. 

Assistant, Malayan Colleries Ltd, Batu Arang. VF 

Escaped to Sydney, Australia 

Evacuated to UK. 

CHAPMAN Mrs Kate 

CHAPMAN Mrs Phyllis 

CHAPMAN Mrs Eleanor Mary 

Widow. Kemendore Estate, Jasin, Malacca. Lost at sea 

14.2.42 [76] on the Kuala 


Evacuated. Wife of S. [Civilian internee]. 

CHAPPEL Mrs Stella Irwin 

Evacuated with children T. & T. on the SS Orion 

31.12.41 to Fremantle WA arriving 6.1.42 then to 

Victoria, Australia. Wife of J.T. [1FMSVF POW]. 

Stella died 27.10.1993 London Bridge Hospital. 

CHARLESWORTH Francis G. BA[Cantab] Barrister Messrs Shearn Delamore & Co. Ltd KL. 

Gnr 13842 FMSVF Light Battery. Lived at 139D 

Ampang Rd, Singapore. Aged 38 in 1942. Escaped from 

Singapore 14.2.42. Reached Sumatra. On HMAS Hobart 

to Colombo. Wife Kitty [Kathleen Vivian] nee Pearce 

and family evacuated on the Empress of Japan - to 

Cornwall, UK. Son Peter Frances, born 1935 KL, died 

23.1.45 [9] Exeter Hospital. F.G. died 19.1.78 Kent. 

Sons Nicholas & Roger. 

CHARLWOOD Mrs Isabel Evacuated, aged 52, with daughter Christine, aged 14 

on the Empress of Japan to WA then, via Capetown SA, 

to Liverpool –arrived 19.3.42. To St Albans, UK. Wife of 

E.C.H. [Civilian internee]. . 

CHARTON Mrs Mollie 

CHASEN Frederick Nutter 

CHASEN Mrs Mollie 

CHASEY Lionel Cecil MC 

CHATER Robert W. & Mrs L.H. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of J.R. [Civilian internee]. 

Director of Raffles Museum and Library, Singapore 

1932-1942. Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang Bee. 

on Committee of The Art Club. Evacuated with son to 

Jo’burg SA. 

Lt Colonel. Senior Executive Engineer PWD Malaya. 

Aged 51 in 1942. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan with 

wife Violet, aged 47 – arrived Liverpool 19.3.42. To Bath 

UK. Returned postwar as a Senior Executive Engineer, 

PWD Malaya. He died 1965 Salisbury, Rhodesia. 

Government Printer. Evacuated to Isipingo Beach, Natal

SA. Daughter P. evacuated to Bombay. 

CHATTAWAY Mrs A. 

CHEESEMAN Mrs I. 

Wife of MVAF Sq. Leader H.W. Evacuated to Durban 

SA. 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of H.A.R. [Civilian internee]. 

CHERRINGTON Mrs Mary 

Evacuated with son C.A. on the Aorangi, arriving 

Fremantle WA 23.1.42. To Perth WA. Wife of E.C. 


CHERRY Mrs Mary Ada Stopford 

Wife of C.R. Colonial Nursing Service: Head of MAS 

= Sister Law. Matron, Singapore General Hospital. Lost 

at sea 14.2.42[54] on the Kuala 

CHESTER Mrs Edith 

CHETTLE Mrs Laila 

CHIDSON Mrs Mab 

CHIDSON Mrs Joyce 

Evacuated with children John & Joan. on Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42 then to NZ then UK. Wife of J.T. 

[SRE POW]. 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of Alfred [Civilian 

internee]. Children Robert and Anne. 

Evacuated to Bombay 3.42 then to Australia on Dominion 

Monarch 5.42. 

Evacuated with children Mary, Jane & John to Sydney, 

Australia 9.41. Wife of L.H.[Civilian internee]. 

CHILD Mrs Ann Catharine Evacuated to SA. Returned 1946. 

CHILTON Mrs Dorothy 

CHINERY F.G. 

CHIPP Mrs Patricia 

CHONY Mrs 

CHOPPIN Mrs Nora Olive 

CHRISTENSEN Max Albert Lykk 

Evacuated to Perth WA early. Wife of J.W. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Wife J. evacuated to Capetown SA. He was lost at sea 

13.2.42 on the Giang Bee 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of W.F. [OC Observer Corps 

Malaya. Civilian intrnee]. 

Lost at sea 14.2.42 Kuala? 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of W.A. [Civilian internee]. 

Planter Manager. Tuan Estate, Selangor. 2nd Lt FMSVF 

Listed as missing 2.42 but escaped Singapore. 

CHRISTIE Mrs Elsie Alberta Evacuated to Durban SA. Returned 1946. 

CHRISTIE Mrs Evelyn Ethel Hearn 

CHRISTIE Mrs Mary 

CHRISTIE Mrs Phyllis Joan 


of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. c/o Crown Agents. 



19.3.42. To Edinburgh. 


of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. c/o Crown Agents.

Wife of D.H. [MRNVR POW]. 

CHRISTY Mrs Dorothea 

CHRISTOPHERS Mrs Barbara 

CHRYSTAL Mrs E. 

CHURCH Mrs Barbara 

CHURCH Mrs Beatrice Mary 

CLANCY Mrs H.F. 

CLARK Mrs Aileen B. 

CLARK Mrs A 

CLARK Mrs Annie 

Evacuated to SA then UK. Wife of H.C. [1SSVF POW]. 

Evacuated with baby daughter on Charon, arriving 

Fremantle WA 18.1.42. To Brisbane. Wife of H.B. 

[Johore LDC/Civilian internee]. 

Australian wife of Robert [Stay Behind Party – not 

captured]. Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle 6.1.42. 

Son Mark & daughter Helen. 

Evacuated with child to London UK. Wife of A.C. 

[SRA[V] POW] 

Evacuated to Durban SA then to Capetown SA. She was 

the widow of F.G. Thompson of Hong Kong. Twin 

daughter Jeanette & Jacqueline Thompson. Wife of C.J. 

[Civilan internee]. 

Evacuated to Victoria, Australia. Husband a civilian 

internee. 

Housewife aged 31 in 1942. Wife of S.J. [2FMSVF 

POW]. Evacuated on the Empress of Japan to WA then, 

via Capetown, to Liverpool – arrived 19.3.42. To 

Apperley nr Gloucester. 

Evacuated to Glasgow UK. Husband a civilian internee. 

Evacuated on the Scott Harley. To Dunedin NZ 

Son J.W. killed serving with the Volunteers. Wife of 

Norman [Civilian internee]. Returned to Malaya for a few 

years post-war then retired to Dunedin then Wellington. 

CLARK Benjamin.Stewart Winchman, Tronoh Mines Ltd, Kampar, Perak. Sgt 7816 

1FMSVF Evacuated to Java, India then Scotland. 

Returned 1946. 

CLARK Charles Frederick 

CLARK Mrs Dorothy 

CLARK Mrs Daphne 

CLARK Mrs D.M. 

European Prison Warder. Sub-Lt SS RNVR 1930s. Lt 

MRNVR Lost at sea 13.2.42 on the Giang Bee 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of J.W. [3SSVF but 

civilian internee]. 

Evacuated – missing? Wife of J.E.A. [SSVF POW] 

Evacuated to Durban SA 

CLARK Mrs Eva Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

CLARK Rev G.F. [G.S.?] 

Chaplain, St Andrew’s Church, Parit Buntar. Evacuated to 

Capetown SA 

CLARK Mrs Hilda Evacuated on Narkunda. Arrived Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

CLARK Mrs J.F. 

Evacuated with 2 children to Victoria, Australia then 

Melbourne. She conducted Singapore Musical 

Society. Husband a civilian internee.

CLARK Joseph Scarfe 

CLARK Maureen Stuart 

CLARK Mrs M. 

Tin Mining Engineer, Malayan Tin Dredging, Batu Gajah, 

Perak. Pte 13286 1FMSVF MG Evacuated 2.42. Arrived 

Colombo on the Danae 5.3.42 then to Sydney, Australia 

To Singapore 1940 aged 16 to join RNVR father. She 

worked for Police Special Branch. Evacuated and joined 

WRNS. Her father got away from Singapore. 

Evacuated to Gloucestershire UK. Wife of A.J. 

[2FMSVF/Civilian internee]. 

CLARK Dr Muriel G.E. 

CLARK N.E. 

CLARK Mrs Olive Lamont 

CLARK Ms Patsy [= Mrs Brennan] 

CLARK Patrick George 

CLARK Thomas Morton.‘Nobby’ 

CLARK Mrs Aileen 

Lady Medical Officer, Municipality. Evacuated to 

Bombay 

Assistant H&S Bank, Collyer Quay, Singapore 

Evacuated to Sumatra then arrived Colombo on the 

Danae 5.3.42 

Evacuated to Greenock, Scotland. Wife of G.M.[Civilian 

internee]. 

Batu Gajah Hospital Evacuated 2.42 to Sumatra 

Hon. Treasurer Perak RUFC, Ipoh. Evacuated to SA 

with wife Patricia Anne ‘Paddy’ [married 1939 Ipoh]. 

Flying Officer RAFVR. To Aberdeen, Scotland. Returned 

to Malaya.. 

Assistant, Bousteads&Co.Ltd, 1 Weld Quay, Penang 

Lt Dalforce. Rugby player. Evacuated to India 

Evacuated to Apperley near Gloucester. Wife of S.J. 

[2FMSVF POW]. 

CLARK-WALKER Alexander McGregor Senior Surveyor Perak Escaped Singapore 2.42 Giang Bee 

survivor. Reached Ayer-Molek Camp, Sumatra then 

Padang. Left Singapore with 4 others on David Nelson’s 

yacht Awan. Lost at sea 28.2. 42 on the Ban Ho Guan. 

CLARKE Mrs Anne Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

Wife of R.J.P. [civilian internee]. 

CLARKE Mrs B. 

CLARKE Mrs Catherine 

CLARKE Mrs Daphne 

Evacuated to Farnham, Surrey. Wife of B.F. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Housewife aged 47 in 1942. Evacuated with son Michael, 

aged 5, on the Empress of Japan to WA then, via 

Capetown, to Liverpool –arrived 19.3.42. To Rochester, 

Kent. 

Wife of A. Clarke of Penang Nursing Sister Ipoh 

Hospital, Perak. Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng 

Pinang 

CLARKE David & Hilary Children of H.P. [civilian internee]/ Evacuated, aged 14 

& 12. 

CLARKE Mrs Doris 

Evacuated to S.A then Ealing, London. Wife of G.E.


CLARKE Rev Geoffrey Stere 

Chaplain, St Andrew’s Church, Parit Buntar nr. Taiping 

Evacuated to Cape Town. RAF Padre. Died 31.8.59 

Nortlew Rectory nr Okehampton, Devon 

CLARKE Joe 

of Malacca. Evacuated with family on Plancius. arrived 

Colombo on HMS Danae 5.3.42. 

CLARKE Mrs Lena Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

CLARKE Mrs Norah Margaret 

CLARKE Mrs Oriel Dawn 

CLARKE Mrs P.V 

CLARKE Mrs Shelagh 

Evacuated to Perth W.A Wife of H.H. [Civilian internee].. 

Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife 

of H.C. [FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated to Clapham, London. Wife of C.H. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated. Wife of J.A. 

CLARKE Mrs Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

To Perth WA. Wife of L.H. [Civilian internee]. 

CLARKE Mrs 

Evacuated on the Scott Harley 11.2.42 son in VF 

CLARKE Mrs Phyllis Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

CLARKE S.R.T. Australian Tin Miner, Sungei Wei Tin. L/Sgt 7579 

2FMSVF. Escaped from Blakang Mati 16.2.42. 

CLARKE Dr [Mrs] N.M. Harley 

CLARKSON Isabelle MA 

CLARKSON Mrs Jean Kathleen 

CLAUDIUS Mrs Dorothy 

CLAUSEN Charles 

CLAYTON Mrs Gwendoline 

CLEAVER Charles Edward MBE 1947 

CLELAND Henry Renee McPhail 

Lady Medical Officer, Women’s and Children’s Clinic, 

Muar, Johore. Evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. To Perth, WA. 

MAS Nursing Sister . Lost at sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng 

Pinang 

Evacuated with baby daughter Katharine [ b.1941] on 

Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. To 

Queensland. Wife of J.F. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with son Peter on Narkunda. Arrived Fremantle 

WA 24.1.42. Wife of L.D. [Civilian internee].. 

Mine Manager, Malim Nawar, Perak. Evacuated to 

Sumatra. On HMAS Hobart from Padang 1.3.42 to 

Colombo then to India 3.42. 

Evacuated, aged 49, on the Empress of Japan to WA then, 

via Capetown SA, to Liverpool –arrived 19.3.42. To 

Farnham UK. Wife of H.E. [Civilian internee]. 

Master of the Larut, Straits Steamship Company – sunk 

at Sembang- then the Perak at Batavia. Escaped to 

Colombo. 

Chartered Accountant: Lowe, Bingham & Matthews.

Married Olive Jenkins BA 1926. Evacuated to India 

3.42 

CLEMENTI-SCOTT Mrs Claudia 

Eurasian wife of Cecil C-S [Lieutenant] of Penang. 

Mrs evacuated to India then Scotland. Returned to 

post-war Malaya. 

CLEMENTS Ernest William Evacuated on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. 

CLEMENTS Mrs Norah 

CLEMENTS Herbert Frederick EM 1940 

CLEMETSON Mrs Margaret 

CLEMETSON Mrs Margery 

CLEMONS Mrs Marjorie 

CLIFFORD C.F. 

CLIFTON Rob & June 

CLUBLEY Mrs K.W. 

CLUCAS Mrs May 

CLYNE Mrs Frances Mary 

COALES Mrs Janie 

COATES G.T. 

COATES Aileen, Dennis, Anne, Terry 

Evacuated with daughter [Celine?] to South Woodford, 

Essex then Scotland. Wife of C.A. [Civilian internee]. 

Metalurgical Engineer. Director, William Jacks & Co. 

Ocean Building, Singapore. Auxilliary Fire Service. 

Escaped Singapore 14.2.42 on a British Airways launch 

with a Manfields group. From Padang to Tjilitjap on the 

Dumayer van Twist then on the Zaandam to Fremantle 

arriving 6.3.42. Wife Nell evacuated with sons Jeffrey and 

Barry on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. H.F. 

returned as Director of William Jacks post-war then Head 

Office, London. . 

Evacuated, aged 29, on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 

6.1.42. To Perth WA. Wife of G.N. [IFMSVF POW]. To 

Ipoh postwar. 

Evacuated with son Richard Gouldin on Aorangi, arriving 

Fremantle WA 23.1.42. To Perth WA. Wife of J.G.[ 

FMSVF POW].. 

VAD Nurse Telok Anson then Stevens Rd, Singapore. 

Evacuated with daughter Susan to Cheltenham UK. Wife 

of R.S. [Civilian internee]. 

Civil Engineering Dept, United Engineers, Singapore 

Evacuated to Sumatra then India – joined Army in UK. 

Sons G. & M. evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. 

Children of F.T. & Alma [Civilian internees]. Evacuated 

on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. 

Evacuated with son W.K. on the Nellore, arriving 

Fremantle WA 8.1.42. Wife of W.K. [Civilian internee]. 

Son joined Royal Scots and fought in Burma.. 

Evacuated with daughter J. evacuated on Orion, arriving 

6.1.42 Fremantle WA. To Melbourne, Australia. Wife of 

KL [Civilian internee]. 

Nursing Sister, KL then Alexandra Hospital 1.42 then to 

Batavia 2.42. Evacuated to UK. Wife of E. [2FMSVF 

POW]. Returned to Malaya postwar. 

Evacuated to Newport Pagnell, Bucks. Wife of F.G. 

[PWD] 

child evacuees. Parents? 

Captain VF Evacuated to India

COATES Ms L.F. Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

COATES Mrs M.J. 

COBB Fredric BA 

COBB Jane 

COBB Mrs M.L. 

COBBETT Mrs Enid ‘Dolly’ 

COBON Hugh Horace 

COCHRAN Mrs Helen 

COCKMAN Mrs Mary 

COFFEY Mrs Ivy A. 

Evacuated to Maritzburg SA. 

Headmaster, Penang Free School 1938. Missing since 

12.2.42. Lost at sea 1.7.42[53] on the Montivideo Maru? 

Giang Bee 13.2.42? Wife Sara. 

Actress with MBC Real name Bunty McNaughton. 

Wife of Lt Jack McNaughton of the Loyals and an actor 

in civilian. life. Both well-known on the London stage. 

Evacuated. 

Evacuated to UK. Husband a civilian internee. 

Evacuated to Adelaide, Australia. Wife of J.C. [Civilian 

internee]. Enid died 30.8.72 [71]. 

Assistant Surveyor General. To Batavia on Ipoh then 

to Fremantle WA on Wang Po, arriving 1.3.42. Wife J. & 

daughter B. evacuated on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 

6.1.42. To Queensland 

Evacuated, aged 45, to Capetown SA then Renfrew, 

Scotland. Wife of J.M. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated. Wife of H.J. [IFMSVF] 

Evacuated to Grahamstown SA. 

COGSWELL Mrs Dorothy Bertha Elizabeth Evacuated with son Martin to SA then UK. Wife of 

J.E.[1SSVF POW]. She died 6.8.46 Clifton, Bristol. 

COHEN Mr and Mrs A. Singapore Jewish Community. Both lost at sea 2.42 

COHEN Henry Bolton 

COHEN Mrs Stephanie 

COKER Mrs Elsie 

b.1903 London. Educated City of London 

School & Merton College, Oxford. To Singapore 1936 

with wife Mildred. Wharf Dept, Singapore Harbour 

Board. Escaped in SHB vessel Bagan from Singapore to 

Sumatra then to Ceylon on the Modasa. Changed surname 

from Cohen to Basten. Mildred was evacuated with son 

Anthony on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. 

Returned to Singapore 1946-1951 Chairman & General 

Manager, Singapore & Penang Harbour Board. To 

Australia to examine port congestion. Later Australian 

Universities Commission. Vice Chancellor, Adelaide 

University 1958- 1967. KB 1966 CMG 1947. Retired to 

East Lindfield NSW. Died 8.4.92[88]. Son John b.1948. 

Evacuated with children Valerie & Roger on Narkunda, 

arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. To Sydney. 

Wife of Hubert [Civilian internee]. She died 16.7.51 

Singapore General Hospital. 

Evacuated.. 

Wife of H.J. [MVAF POW] 

COLATO Mrs Louisa Evacuated, aged 43, with children Peter & David, aged 8 

and 5, on the SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool

4.4.42. To Surbiton, Surrey. Wife of S. [Selangor 

LDC/Civilian internee]. 

COLCHESTER Mrs Rosemary M. 

COLE Mrs I.K. 

COLE Mrs Gwyneth Dorothy 

COLE Mrs O.A. 

COLE Mrs Elizabeth 

COLEBECK Mrs K. 

COLECLOUGH Mrs C.G. 

COLEMAN Cecil Maltwood 

COLEMAN Ernest Hyam 

Evacuated to India then Eastboune, Suffolk 


Evacuated, aged 30, with son David, aged 1, on the 

SS Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To 

Abergavenny, S.Wales. 

Evacuated to Cotteslee WA. Wife of J.R. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated with daughter Daphne to Perth WA. Wife of 

R.S. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated. to Perth WA. Wife of W.G. [SSVF POW]. 

Evacuated on Aorangi to Adelaide. Wife of P.J. [1SSVF 

Armoured Car Company POW ] 

Lived in Kluang. Wife Beatrice [Betty] evacuated. He 

escaped to India. Daughters Patricia and Wendy. 

Harbour Representative, Singapore Cold Storage Co.Ltd 

Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

To Perth WA 

COLEMAN Mrs O. D? Evacuated to Durban SA. 

COLEMAN-DOSCAS Mrs Primrose 

COLES Mrs Beryl 

COLE Mrs O.A. 

COLE J.W. 

COLE Mrs Elizabeth 

COLEBECK Mrs K. 

COLECLOUGH Mrs C.G. 

COLEMAN Cecil Maltwood 

COLEMAN Ernest Hyam 

Evacuated with children Elizabeth & John to W.A. 

Wife of A.E. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with son and daughter, J. & J. on Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of A.W. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Cotteslee WA. Wife of J.R. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Asiatic Petroleum Company Ltd: Manager Bagan Luar 

Installation. Escaped Singapore 13.2.42 

Evacuated with daughter Daphne to Perth WA. Wife of 

R.S. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of W.G. [SSVF POW].. 

Evacuated on Aorangi to Adelaide. Wife of P.J. [1SSVF 

Armoured Car Company POW] 

Lived in Kluang. Married Beatrice [Betty] Corner Bailey 

1937 Singapore. FMSVF Escaped to India. Retired to 

Bishop’s Stortford, Herts. Died 18.7.1985 Hertfordshire. 

Daughters Patricia & Wendy. 

Harbour Representative, Singapore Cold Storage Co.Ltd 

Evacuated on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle WA 20.2.42. 

To Perth WA

COLEMAN Mrs O. D? Evacuated to Durban SA. 

COLEMAN Mrs Helen 

COLEMAN-DOSCAS Mrs Primrose 

COLES Mrs Beryl 

COLES Mrs Norah Marion 

COLES Mrs H. [B.M.?] 

Evacuated. Wife of P.G.[FMSVF 45 Res. MT Company 

POW. 

Evacuated with children Elizabeth & John to W.A. 

Wife of A.E. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with son and daughter, J. & J. on Orion, arriving 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Perth WA Wife of A.W. 


Housewife aged 30. Evacuated on the SS Duchess of 

Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Scarborough. 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of R.A. [Civilian internee]. 

COLLETT Mrs Marguerita Wife of J.R.W.[Civilian internee]. Lost at sea 17.2.42[43] 

on the Tanjoeng Pinang 

COLLIER Mrs Ethel Mary ‘Peggy’ 

COLLINGE Mrs Daphne 

COLLINGS Armun 

COLLINS Mrs C. 

COLLINGS Mrs Jaques 

COLLINS Mrs Maria 

Evacuated, aged 52, in 1942, on the SS Duchess of 

Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Clapham Common, 

London. Wife of E.G. [Civilian internee]. Died 14.1.59 at 

Clapham Common, London. 

Evacuated to Capetown SA. Wife of C.E. [formerly 

ISSVF Armoured Cars/ Civilian internee]. 

WW1 Naval Signals then worked for Admiralty in Egypt 

then Singapore: Foreman of the Works. Contracted by 

Admiralty to build tunnel at Kranji. Wife Mary; children 

Hetty, Cyril & Armun [Bob]. Hetty, a 16 year old cipher 

clerk, evacuated on Orion 31.12.41 arriving Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. He was lost at sea 15.2.42 on Aquarius. 

Evacuated with 3 children, D, E & M. on Orion, arriving 


Evacuated with daughter Susan. Wife of H.D.[ IA POW]. 

Batavia. Malay linguist/ scholar. 

Evacuated on the Giang Bee with the Schoolings 

Lost at sea 13.2.42? 

COLLOM Katherine Josephine Eugenie ‘Kath’ Evacuated with daughter Jenelopeann on Ulysses, 

arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. To Sydney. Wife of 

C.C. [Civilian internee], 

COLTART Mrs Mary 

COLUMBINE Montague Eric 

COLVILLE Ms E.M. 

COLWILL Mrs Ethel 

Evacuated with child to Adelaide. Wife of G.M. [SRA 

POW]. 

Accountant, Chartered Bank, Singapore. 

Escaped to Sumatra on a fishing smack 14. 2.42 with 

David Miller then to Batavia. From Tjilitjap to Fremantle 

WA on Zaandam, arriving 6.3.42. 

Nursing Sister, General Hospital KL. Evacuated. 

Evacuated to Devon. Wife of F. [Provost Corps/ 

AIF POW].

COMBE Mrs E. 

COMPER Mrs Mary 

Evacuated to Victoria, Australia. Wife of R. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated to Wembley, London. Wife of G.F. [3SSVF 

POW]. 

COMPTON Ms Eileen Crompton? E & O. Evacuated to Bombay. Also a Suzette Compton? 

CONAGHAN Mrs Sara F. 

CONEY Mrs Joy Adeline 

CONN Harry 

CONNELL Ms M.K. 

CONNELLY Mrs Anne Champie 

CONOLLY Mrs W.A. 

CONNOR Mrs Elizabeth Agnes 

CONNOR Mrs N.W. and daughter Jean 

CONRAD Mrs F. 

CONSTABLE Mrs G. 

COODE Mrs M.T. 

COOK Mrs Lilian 

COOKE Mrs Josephine ‘Josie’ 

COOKE Jack Caister MA 

Evacuated, aged 51, evacuated on the Empress of Japan to 


Londonderry. Wife of T.E. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated, aged 30, with daughter Mary Joy, aged 2, on 

the Empress of Japan to WA then, via Capetown, to 

Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. Then to Greenford, 

Middlesex then Bath UK then Hawkshead, Ambleside. 

Husband D.B. a civilian internee. Returned to 

Malaya postwar. 

from London. Acting SuperIntendent, Penang Ferry 

Service. Evacuated to UK with 2 children and sister-inlaw 

Ms Paul. 

Sister of J.C.F. [1SSVF Armoured Cars POW]. 


Thai wife of Sgt Andrew Conelly 2A&SH [POW]. 

Evacuated, aged 32, on the Duchess of Bedford with son 

Ian, aged 1. Arrived Liverpool. To Shotts then Leeds. 

Evacuated with son P.V.on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle 

WA 23.1.42. Wife of V.R.A. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated on to Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 

31.12.41. To Melbourne. Wife of G.S. [1SSVF POW]. 

Son George. 

Evacuated to Bombay 

Evacuated to Durban SA 

Evacuated to Norwich UK. Wife of C.P. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated to USA. Husband RNVR POW. 

Evacuated with daughter Glenda on Narkunda, arriving 



via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To London 

SW1. Wife of F.C. [FMSVF Light Battery POW]. To 

Ceylon postwar. 

Senior Lecturer in Maths, Raffles College. 

Flt Lt MVAF – A&B. Flight Commander, Kallang. 

Evacuated to Java. Returned to UK 8.42. Returned to 

Singapore postwar: Emeritus Prof. University of Malaya 

1957. J.C. died 9.1991 Dover, Kent.

COOLEY Mrs Frankie 

COOMBES Mrs Lilian 

COOMBS Mrs V.P. 

COONEY Mrs A.C. 

COOPE Mrs M. 

COOPER Mrs A. 

COOPER Mrs Florence Maude 

COOPER Mrs Gladys 

COOPER Mrs K. 

COOPER Mrs Eileen 

COOPER Leonard Hubert 

COOPER Mrs Margaret 

Evacuated to Australia then Walsall UK. Wife of J.N. 

[Civilian internee]. Returned postwar.. Frankie died 

30.9.65 [58] Jersey. 


via Capetown to Liverpool – arriving 19.3.42. To 

Farnham, Surrey. Wife of W.S. [1FMSVF POW]. 

Daughter Doreen. Lilian died 24.2.1961. 

Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of Kenneth [Civilian 

internee]. Daughter Vivienne. 

Evacuated to Colchester UK. Husband a civilian internee.. 

Evacuated to Romsey, Hants. Wife of A.E. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Evacuated with children A. & I. on Orion. Arrived 


Evacuated with son Denis on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle 

WA 31.12.41. Wife of P.H.Mac. MRNVR. 

Evacuated to NZ. Wife of E.C. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of C.H.K. [2FMSVF 

POW]. 

Evacuated with baby daughter Jessie on Orion. Arrived 

Fremantle WA 6.1.42. Wife of E.J. [3FMSVF POW]. 

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Company, Shell 

House, Collyer Quay, Singapore. Escaped Singapore 

13.2.42. Died 1992 Surrey. 

Evacuated to NZ. Wife of P.L. [1SSVF POW]. 

COOPER Mrs T.G.D.A. 

COOPER Mrs M. 

COPE Mrs E.A.S. 

Evacuated with son Anthony to UK. Husband RAFVR 

POW 

Evacuated with daughter P.A. Wife of W. [FMSVF 

Signals Btt POW]. Returned to Singapore postwar. 


COPE Mrs Katherine Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

Wife of T.W.O. [KVF] 

COPPAGE Mrs Gwendoline 

CORBET Mrs Dorothy 

CORBETT Mrs Martha Grace 

Evacuated with daughters Susan & Ann on Narkunda, 

arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. To Sydney. Wife of 

R.O.J. [FMSVF ROM POW]. 

Evacuated, aged 38, evacuated on the Empress of Japan to 


Harrogate, Yorkshire. Wife of A. [RAFVR POW]. 

Returned to Singapore postwar. . 

Evacuated, aged 54, on the SS Duchess of Bedford.

Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Reigate, Surrey. Wife of 

G.H. [Civilian internee]. 

CORK Mrs L. 

CORKE Ms Hetty 

CORKHILL Mrs Gwendoline 

CORMAC Charles Henry Keasberry CA 

CORNER Mrs Sheila Kavanagh 

Evacuated to West Hartlepool UK. Wife of S. [Civilian 

internee]. 

Australian Nursing Sister, Batu Gajah Hospital then MAS. 

Lost at sea 17.2.42 [35] on the Tanjoeng Pinang 

Evacuated with son to Natal SA. Wife of W.A. [1SSVF 

POW]. 

Partner, Brown, Phillips & Stewart, HK Bank 

Building, Ipoh. Lived at 2 Gopeng Rd, Ipoh. Evacuated to 

Sumatra then India then Durban SA with wife S. 

Returned to Ipoh post-war. 

nee Bailey. American wife of E.J.H. Evacuated with son 

John [born 1941] on Orion. Arrived Fremantle WA 6.1.42 

then Melbourne 11.1.42. Sheila died 2005 Pamber Heath 

UK. 

CORNER Mrs Olga Naomi Housewife aged 24. In 1942, and 3 children evacuated – 

she on the SS Duchess of Bedford 

CORNEY Mrs Hilda 

CORNFIELD Mrs V. 

CORNISH Henry Edmond MC OBE 

CORNWELL James George ‘Jack’ 

CORNWELL Sidney John More 

Evacuated with daughter J. on Orion. Arrived Fremantle 

6.1.42. To Sydney. Wife of L.G. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Bombay. Wife of W. [Civilian internee]. 

Assistant Controller of Telecommunications, 

Posts & Telegraphs, Malaya, Perak North – Taiping. 

Captain 333001General List/ FMSVF Signals. 

Evacuated to Java then India. To Ios, Nigeria to work in P 

& I. Dept. Postmaster General Sarawak 1952-1957 then 

retired to Stoke Poges, Bucks. Son Robin. 

Planter, Cameron Highlands. Post-war, Allington Hill 

Estate, Tapah Rd, Perak Wife Vera Majorie, aged 37 in 

1942, evacuated with daughter Cicely, aged 3, on the SS 

Duchess of Bedford. Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To 

Portsmouth. He escaped to Australia on Gorgon, arriving 


Engineer, Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Co. Ltd, 

Ipoh. Sub-Lt RNVR. Lost at sea 2.3.42[41] on HMS 

Stronghold 

CORRING LIEPTRING J.H. War Correspondent. Arrived India 3.42 

COTON W.H. Police officer Evacuated 2.42 

COTTERELL Mrs Elsie 

COTTON Mrs M.H. 

COTTRILL Mrs Alice 

Evacuated. Wife of T.M. [RASC POW]. 

Evacuated with son M. on Gorgon 14.11.41. Wife of F.M. 


Evacuated with son Derek on Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42. To Sydney, Australia. Wife of 

S.W. [Civilian internee].

COULCHER Alexander Arthur 

COULSON Mrs B. 

Chief Engineer on the Resang. Reached Australia as did 

his wife Leonaora and children Marjorie, aged 14, and 

Brian, aged 8 – they on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 

24.1.42. 

Evacuated to Perth WA. Wife of Leslie [Civilian 

internee]. 

COULSON Ms Norma Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

COULSON Mrs Kate 

COUPER Mrs A. 

COUPER Mrs Helen Bissett 

COURT Mrs M.E. 

COUSINS Mrs J.M. 

COUTTS Mrs Annie 

COUTTS Mrs Leah B. 

COUTTS Mrs Margaret 

COWAN Mrs Bungie 

COWANS Mrs Evelyn 

Evacuated. Wife of Norman [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated on Orion with daughter. Arrived Fremantle 

WA 6.1.42. 

Evacuated with son A.J. on Gorgon, arriving Fremantle 

WA 20.2.42. Wife of A.D. [ JVE/ FMSVF POW]. 


Evacuated to SA. Wife of C.C.[1SSVF POW]. 



Aberdeen, Scotland. Wife of I.T. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Perth WA then Durban SA with daughter 

Jean, aged 10, and son Euan, aged 8. Wife of J.M. 


Housewife aged 31 in 1942. Evacuated with daughter 

Margaret Norah, aged 3, on the SS Duchess of Bedford. 

Arrived Liverpool 4.4.42. To Aberdeen. 

Wife of Ian. Evacuated to Ceylon then SA. 

Also a Mrs Ida Cowan – mother-in-law? 

Nursing Sister, Penang. Evacuated on the Empire Star. 

Wife of J.L. [KVF POW]. 

COWE Mrs Winifred ‘Winnie’ Evacuated on Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. 

To Perth WA. where she worked in a small arms 

munitions factory. Wife of A.G.R. [Civilian internee]. 

Daughter Jean in UK. 

COWEN Robert W. 

COWGILL Mrs Lilian Josephine BSc 

Staff, Asiatic Petroleum Company, Pulu Bukim 

Installation, Singapore Escaped Singapore to NZ. Wife 

evacuated to Bombay 

from Tamworth. Wife of J.V.[Civilian internee]. Lost at 

sea 13.2.42[39] on the Giang Bee 

COWIE Mrs D.R. 

COWIN Mrs Olga Mihailuvwa, 

Evacuated to Southampton UK. Husband a civilian 

internee. 

Evacuated, aged 32, evacuated to Capetown SA. Wife of 

J.F.L. [1SSVF POW].

COWPER Harry Emmott 

COX Charlie D. 

To Malaya 1934. Assistant Planter, Caledonia Estate, 

Nibong Tebal, Province Wellesley. VF Evacuated to 

Sumatra then India. Returned 1947: Oriental Estate 

Agency & Sime Darby Group till 1965. A Member of 

BAM 1968-1973. 

Stock & Share Broker, C.D. Cox & Co. 33 Mercantile 

Bank Building, Singapore. Also Government War Risk 

Insurance Inestigator. Lived at 30 Orange Grove Rd, 

Singapore. Evacuated to Sumatra. On HMAS Hobart 

1.3.42 from Padang to Colombo then to Bombay. Postwar 

associated with J.M. Sassoon & Co. Retired to Penang and 

died there 1960s. 

COX Mrs Daisy Evacuated to Melbourne with daughter G.[Kit], aged 21, 

and son W. aged 1 on Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 

6.1.42. To Victoria, Australia. Wife of C.H. [Civilian 

internee]. 

COX Mrs Edith 

COX Mrs Joan Katherine 

COX Mrs L. 

COX Mrs Muriel 

COX Mrs Edith Iris 

CRABB Charles Henry, Ellen & William 

CRAGGS Robert Baden 

CRAIG Dr Agnes NZ 

CRAIG Mrs Charlotte 

CRAIG Mrs Kitty 

CRAIG Mrs Ethel 

CRAIG Dr Florence Eileen 

Evacuated to Sydney then UK with son Simon. 

Evacuated to S. Australia. Wife of L. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated with children E., J. and W. on Charon arriving 


Evacuated, aged 33, with daughter Ann, aged 1, on the 

Empress of Japan to WA then, via Capetown, to 

Liverpool –arrived 19.3.42. To Halifax, Yorkshire. 

Evacuated to Sydney, Australia. Wife of R.E. [Civilian 

internee]. Edith died 11.3.73. 

Evacuated children of C.H. [1SSVF POW]. 

b.1900 Weardale, Durham. To Malaya 1938. Mining 

Engineer, Batu Arang. Sgt, Batu Arang Contingent, 

Selangor LDC to Singapore Harbour Board 1.42. 

Evacuated with SHB staff. Wife Mary, aged 32 in 1942, 

evacuated with infants George & Robert, aged 1 and 6 

months, on the Empress of Japan to WA then, via 

Capetown, to Liverpool –arrived 19.3.42. To Weston- 

Super-Mare. Returned to Malaya post war. R.B. died 1975 

Avon. 

Lady Medical Officer. Women’s Hospital, Kuala Pilah NS 

Evacuated Singapore on Kuala [sunk 14.2.42]. Lost at 

sea 17.2.42 on the Tanjoeng Pinang 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of A.R. [3SSVF POW]. 

Charlotte died 28.4.68 Redruth. 

Evacuated with daughter Anne. Wife of C.J.G. [Malay 

Regiment]. 



19.3.42. To Truro, Cornwall. 

from NZ. Lady Medical Officer, Taiping. Sister of Dr

Tessie Thompson and Ms Nessie Craig – see below. 

Died of wounds 17.2.42 Senajang Island 

CRAIG James Leslie 

CRAIK Mrs Dorothy Elizabeth 

Sub- Lt MRNVR Lost at sea 14.2.42 on the Chang Tee. 

Wife Elsie evacuated. 

Evacuated with daughters Margaret & Sheila on Ulysses, 

arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. To NSW Australia then 

Perth, Scotland. Wife of Robert [Civilian internee]. Eldest 

daughter, Pamela. 

CRAMER Barnett Joseph MSc General Works Manager, Straits Tin. Aged 50 in 1942. 

Evacuated on SS Palopo from Padang to India then to 

Pretoria SA. Wife Marjorie Gwendoline evacuated.. 

Daughter Betty Cotterill – in Australia] 

CRANNA Mrs Margaret 

CRAVEN Ms Norma B. MBE. 

CRAWFORD Don C. 

CRAWFORD Donald Torrance Paterson 

Evacuated to Aberdeen. Wife of A.P. [Civilian internee]. 

Margaret died 25.9.69 Aberdeen. Daughters Elizabeth 

[Betty] & Sheila. 

American Missionary, Methodist Episcopal Mission, 

Taiping. Evacuated 1.42. 44 years in Malaya, retiring 

1953 to USA. Died 1959 [76] USA 

Dunlops Planter on the Dumeyer van Twist 

Wife reported killed 2.42 Sumatra – in fact, reached 

Australia 

Assistant Planter, KMS Rubber Plantations, Kedah 

2 nd Lt 2FMSVF General List/1 st Mysore Infantry 

on Ban Ho Guan ? Lost at sea 28.2.42 at 

sea [wife also] 

CRAWFORD Fergus McIntosh Evacuated on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 31.12.41. 

CRAWFORD Mrs Gwynne 

CRAWFORD Mrs Anne 

CRAWFORD Mrs Martha Lindelia 

Evacuated with her mother-in-law, also Mrs Crawford, 

on Ipoh 11.2.42 – reached India. Wife of G.R. [2FMSVF 

POW]. 

Evacuated, aged 19. Wife of H.R. [JVE/General List 

POW]. . 

Evacuated with daughter M. on Aorangi, arriving 

Fremantle WA 23.1.42. Wife of Robert. 

CRAWFORD Mrs Daphne Evacuated with daughter Margaret. Wife of Dr R. 

[JVE/JVF POW]. 

CRAWFORD Mrs May Henderson 

CRAWLEY Mrs Lucy 

CREER Mrs Nina Agnes 

CRESSWELL Mrs D. 

Evacuated to Glasgow. Wife of R. [Civilian internee]. 



19.3.42. To Southport, Lancashire. 

Evacuated with children Ann b.1937 & Thomas, 

b.10.11.41 at Kota Bahru, to SA. Wife of J.K. [ in the 

jungle 1942-1945]. Nina died 13.9.85 Richmond-upon- 

Thames]. 

Evacuated with son P.J. on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle

WA 23.1.42. Then to SA. Wife of J.A. [Civilian internee]. 

CRETCH Mrs Doris 

CRICHTON June Beryl 

CRICHTON Mrs Lillian 

CRICHTON Mrs Norah 

CRISP Albert Ernest 

CRISP Mrs R.M. 

CRITHARD G. 

CRITCHLOW Mrs Cicely 

CROFTS Mrs A. 

CROMARTY Mrs Edna 

CROMBIE Mrs Una 

CROMPTON Mrs Sarah Ashton 

CRONYN Mrs Margaret Louise 

CROOK Mrs M.A. 

CROOK Mrs Dorothy May 

CROOKS Mrs N 

CROSBIE Mrs Mary Margaret ‘Wendy’ 

Evacuated with children Monica & Derek to Adelaide, 

Australia 12.41 Wife of A.H.M. [Civilian internee]. 

Daughter of L.M. 9 year old evacuated on the 

Empress of Japan to WA then via Capetown, to Liverpool 

–arrived 19.3.42. To mother in Looe, Cornwall. Living 

2008 in Australia. 

Evacuated early to Cornwall UK. Daughter June Beryl 

evacuated on Empress of Japan. Lillian, wife of L.M., 

died 1975. 

Evacuated. Wife of J. [Civilian internee]. 

LDC. Lost at sea 15.2.42[63] on the SS 

Redang. On Kuala 14.2.42 list CWGC. Wife Margaret 

evacuated. 

Evacuated to Capetown SA. Wife of H.D.[1SSVF POW]. 

DCO Naval Base Singapore- remained at Naval Base till 

30.1.42. Evacuated from Singapore 10.2.42 on Francol 

then Plancius arriving Colombo 22.2.42 

Evacuated to Natal SA then Limerick, Eire. Wife of W.H. 


Evacuated to Wembley, Middlesex. Wife of A.W. 


Evacuated. Wife of A. [1SSVF Armoured Cars POW]. 

Married 11.41 Singapore. 

Evacuated with daughters Patricia & Dionne on 

Narkunda, arriving Fremantle WA 24.1.42. Wife of 

J.M. [1SSVF POW]. 


arriving Liverpool 4.4.42. To Radcliffe, Lancashire UK. 

Wife of C. [Civilian internee] 

Evacuated. Wife of I.L.[Civilian internee]. She died 

26.6.59. 

Evacuated to India. Wife of F.G. [Civilian internee]. 

Evacuated to Nairobi, Wife of F.J.F. [Intelligence 

Coprs POW]. 

Evacuated to Capetown SA. Wife of O.E. [SRA POW]. 

Evacuated to Durban SA. Wife of T.A. [1FMSVF]. 

Wendy died 10.4.64 Perth WA. 

CROSBIE- HILL Mrs Joan Marjorie ‘Meggy’ Evacuated. Wife of A. [IFMSVF] 

CROSLEY Mrs Freda Violet 

Evacuated, aged 39, to UK. Wife of W.T. [Civilian 

internee].

CROSS Mrs N. 

CROWE Mrs M.G. 

CROXFORD Mrs Doris 

CRUICKSHANK Mrs P.I. 

CRUICKSHANK Charles 

CRUICKSHANK Mrs Elizabeth 

CRUSH Charles Neighbour 

CULLEN Mrs Ada Dorothy 

CUMMING Mrs Edith ‘Daisy’ 

CUMMING Mrs Margaret 

CUMMING John Kelvin 

CUMMING Mrs M.I. 

Widow of Dr B. Evacuated with young son on Orion, 

arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42 then to the UK 1943 on SS 

Sarpenden. 

Evacuated with 2 children from Penang to Singapore 

12.41 to SA 

Evacuated to SA. Wife of M.P. [IFMSVF] 

Evacuated to Scotland. Wife of C. [1FMSVF to AMPC 

POW]. 

ICI Singapore. Evacuated to Sumatra then India. 

Wife Mabel. 

Evacuated, aged 41, with daughter, also Elizabeth on 

Orion, arriving Fremantle WA 6.1.42. To Perth WA 

Wife of W.B. [Civilian internee]. 

Planter Manager, Seaport Estate, Sungei Way, Selangor 

[Harrison & Crosfield] which he managed 1917-1941. 

Evacuated 2.42 with wife Betty to Manly NSW. He died 

27.2.46 [60] UK. She died 14.11.60 Jo’burg SA. 

Evacuated. Wife of A. [ISSVF POW] 

Evacuated to SA. with baby son Alastair, b.22.12.41. 

Singapore. Wife of A.R.S. [1SSVF /Malay Regiment 

POW]. 

Evacuated,, aged 42, on the Empress of Japan to WA then 


Cricklewood, London. Wife of C.E. [Civilian internee]. 

Austral Malay Tin. Major AIF to 3FMSVF Lt RNVR 

2.2.42. Left Singapore 11.2.42 on the Bulan. Wife Crissie, 

aged 37, evacuated on the Empress of Japan to WA then 

via Capetown to Liverpool, arriving 19.3.42. To Glasgow. 

K.J. served in RAN 1942. Returned to Malaya 1946: 

Austral Malay Tin Ltd, Taiping. Died 23.1.1997 Sydney. 

Evacuated to London. Wife of N.G.[ Civilian nternee]. 

CUMMINGS ? PWD Trengganu. Reached Australia 3.42 

CUMMINGS Mrs Margaret 

CUMMINS Mrs Margaret 

CUMMINS Mrs Kathleen H. 

CUNYNGHAM-BROWN Mrs Henrietta 

CURRAN Mrs Alice 

Evacuated to Inverness-shire. Wife of T.J. [Civilan 

internee]. 

Evacuated to Littlehampton UK. Wife of E.N.T. 


Wife of T.N. Evacuated, aged 34, with daughter G.H. on 

Centaur, arriving Fremantle WA 13.1.42. 

Evacuated with son. Wife of R.C.J. [3FMSVF POW]. 

Evacuated with daughter Valerie on Narkunda, arriving 

Fremantle WA 24.1.42. To Perth WA. Wife of J.M. 

[Civilian internee].

CURRIE Mrs Joyce 

CURRIE . 

CURRIE Mrs Doris 

CURRIE Mrs Mary Bretherton 

CURTIES Mrs Louise Emily 

CURTIES Mrs E.C. 

CURTIS Mrs Miriam 

CURTIS Mrs E.E. 

CURTIS Mrs R.J.F. 

CURTOYS Mrs E.M. 

CURWEN William D. 

CUSSEN Mrs Annie Carol 

CUTHBERTSON Dale ARIBA 

CUTLER Ms 

Evacuated with children Paddy, June & Douglas. Wife of 

A.M.R. [1SSVF POW]. 

3 Currie children, boys E.J. & N.J. & girl N.J. evacuated 

on Aorangi, arriving Fremantle WA 23.1.42. 



Cranbrook, Kent. Wife of E.J.C. [Civilian internee]. 

Wife of U.A. [Civilian internee]. She died of heat stroke, 

aged 54, on the SS Duchess of Bedford on the journey 

from Singapore to Liverpool 

Evacuated to Portobello, Midlothian. Wife of G.A. 

[1SSVF POW]. 

Evacuated to Surrey UK. Wife of W.M. [Civilian 

internee] 

Evacuated to SA. Wife of A.M. [1SSVF POW]. 


Evacuated to India. Husband a civilian internee. 

Evacuated to J’burg, SA. Wife of C.H.D. [Civilian 

internee]. 

To Malaya 1938 aged 19. Assistant, Tanah Merah Estates 

[1916] Ltd, Johore Sapper 918 JVE POW Singapore? HT 

Dunera? 

Evacuated to UK. Wife of R.C. [civilian internee]. 

Assistant Architect, Architectural Branch PWD SS. 

Secretary of the Institute of Architects, Malaya. Aged 45 

in 1942. Evacuated from Singapore on the Trebova . Wife 

Evelyn May evacuated with children Catherine, Joan & 

Malcolm Dale on Ulysses, arriving Fremantle WA 

31.12.41. 

Evacuated to India. Daughter of M.F. [Civilian internee].

ABBETT Ms Sophie Abed - Malayan Volunteers Group

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