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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Birth Date
- 1905-04-26
Death Date
- 1989-06-18
Has Affiliation
- Organization: St. Mark's Church (Saint Helier, Jersey)
- Organization: Women's Vocal Orchestra of Sumatra
Descriptor
- Prisoners of war
Birth Place
- Singapore
Associated Locale
- Sumatra (Indonesia)
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Paradise road, p1997:container insert (Norah Chambers; musician; British civilian who arranged instrumental works for women's voices while interned in a Japanese camp on Sumatra during WW II)
- found: Encyclopedia.com, searched July 1, 2021(Norah Chambers; Scottish musician/prisoner of war; born Maragret Constance Norah Hope, April 26, 1905, Singapore; died June 18, 1989, Jersey, Channel Islands, England; studied music at Royal Academy of Music, London; lived on and off Malaya with her parents and husband at separate times; formed a vocal orchestra of women's voices with Margaret Dryburgh, while both women were interned in a Japanese camp on Sumatra with fellow prisoners; later composed for and directed the choir of St. Mark's Church, St. Helier) - https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/chambers-norah-1905-1989
- found: Wikipedia, searched July 1, 2021(under Women's Vocal Orchestra of Sumatra; choral group founded by Margaret Dryburgh and Norah Chambers; founded in 1943 and disbanded in 1944 in a Japanese interment camp on Sumatra during World War II) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Vocal_Orchestra_of_Sumatra
- notfound: Wikipedia, searched July 1, 2021
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Change Notes
- 2000-03-21: new
- 2021-07-03: revised
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