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Internment Camp; in 1942 Fanny was taken to Ranchi in India and admitted to hospital,
where she stayed for the rest of her life; and in 1944 Mervyn died. Although GFA had
distinguished himself in service to his ‘home’ countries, both Britain and China, he had lost
his home and family. The war also robbed him of most of his possessions but, with his
background in Kansu, he was not a man who required much space or any luxuries. He
became accustomed to living in hotels, not the expensive kind but humble ones.
Those few years must have been an emotional roller coaster ride for him, and would have
affected the strength or clarity of the drumbeat he had been hearing for more than 30 years.
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Internment Camp; in 1942 Fanny was taken to Ranchi in India and admitted to hospital,
where she stayed for the rest of her life; and in 1944 Mervyn died. Although GFA had
distinguished himself in service to his ‘home’ countries, both Britain and China, he had lost
his home and family. The war also robbed him of most of his possessions but, with his
background in Kansu, he was not a man who required much space or any luxuries. He
became accustomed to living in hotels, not the expensive kind but humble ones.
Those few years must have been an emotional roller coaster ride for him, and would have
affected the strength or clarity of the drumbeat he had been hearing for more than 30 years.
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