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Born: 18 Apr 1908 Hong Kong, China
Gender: Female
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Full biographical information is only available to AustLit Subscribers. A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows: Daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Clara Ho Tung, Jean Gittins was born and educated in Hong Kong. In 1929 she married W. M. (Billy) Gittins, and they had two children. Jean was appointed Secretary of the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Hong Kong. As World War II approached the Pacific, their children were sent to Melbourne for safety. When Hong Kong fell, Billy Gittins was taken prisoner of war and transported to Japan, where he died, and Jean was interned for the rest of the war. After t....To gain full access to the AustLit database become a subscriber. |
Last amended:
17 Aug 2004