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All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: '(1923) Born 2 March 1904, 5 Lycemoon Villas, Kowloon, Hong
Kong, China; son of John Hoole France, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Elizabeth Elliott.
Subject(s): History; BA 1926; MA 1930. Tutor(s): E A Benians. Johnian Relatives: uncle of
Simon John France (1951). Educ: Oakmount, Portswood, Southampton; The King’s School,
Ely; Felsted School. Career: Professor of History, Hong Kong University; Hong Kong
Volunteer Defence Force, WWII. Appointments: Jane Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow, Princeton
University 1926. Awards: Scholarship, SJC 1922. Died December 1941 (killed in Hong Kong
during the Japanese attacks).' CWGC provide his exact date of death and Rank.