Seeking copyright holders
The Memorial’s Research Centre Digitised Collections team digitises archival collections at risk of deterioration. This process preserves the original items and enables the selected collections to be accessed online in future.
The Memorial is seeking permission from the copyright holders to publish the collections listed below on the Memorial’s website. If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of persons named below, please contact the Memorial via email: Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Joshua Isadore Baeza, 1891–1964
Dr Joshua Isadore Baeza was born in 1891, in Barbados. His father was Edmund Isaac Baeza, but his mother’s name is unknown to the Memorial.
In 1916 he married Gladys Leonora Ambridge. Their marriage produced at least two children; they were Gordon Edmund Frederick Baeza and Angela Elizabeth Baeza, who later became Angela Elizabeth Cole-Hamilton after her second marriage in 1956.
Starting his medical career in 1913, Dr Joshua Baeza was the junior resident surgeon at Barbados General Hospital. Between 1914 and 1929 he worked as a medical officer in West Africa, as a bacteriologist in Trinidad, and a senior health officer in Penang, Malacca, Singapore and Kadah. In 1937 Dr Joshua Baeza was a member of the Medical Council of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. After the fall of Singapore he was held as a civilian internee by the Japanese at Changi Prison, where he became the health officer for C block.
Dr Joshua Isadore Baeza died on 1 August 1964 at Christ Church, Barbados, at the age of 74.
A letter written by Dr Joshua Isadore Baeza is quoted in the collection of Theodore Handley Stone. If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Joshua Isadore Baeza, please contact the Memorial via email on Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: 3DRL/6805
Samuel Eric Travis, 1902–1968
Samuel Eric Travis, originally from Manchester, England, arrived in Malaya in 1921; there he worked as a textiles merchant and also served in the Singapore Volunteers Corps. In 1941 he served as a divisional warden for the Air Raid Precaution Service on the east coast area. After the fall of Singapore in 1942, Samuel Eric Travis was held as a civilian internee by the Japanese at Changi Prison, where he acted as the deputy commandant for C Block. After the war he became Chairman and Managing Director of the Singapore office of Henry Waugh and Co.
In 1928 he married Lilian Gladys Buxton. Their marriage produced at least one daughter, Margaret Travis, who later became known as Margaret Cato after her marriage to Michael Cato in 1951.
Samuel Eric Travis died on 27 March 1968, in Sussex, England, at the age of 65.
A typed bulletin written by Samuel Eric Travis is held in the collection of Theodore Handley Stone. If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Samuel Eric Travis, please contact the Memorial via email on Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: 3DRL/6805
Cecil Ernest Hudson, 1899–1978
Cecil Ernest Hudson, often known as Tim, arrived in Malaya in 1923 and served in the Singapore Volunteers Corps as Staff Officer to Local Forces.
Between 1941 and 1945 he was held as a civilian internee at Changi Prison during the Japanese occupation of Singapore in the Second World War. In 1951 Hudson retired from his role of General Manager and Director of the Dunlop Rubber Purchasing Co. to return to London, England, with his wife Marjorie May Hudson and their three daughters: Bridget Felicity Hudson, Melanie Hope Hudson, and Heather Lindel Hudson.
Cecil Ernest Hudson died in April 1978, at Kent, England, at the age of 79.
A typed air raid precaution plan written by Cecil Ernest Hudson appears in the collection of Theodore Handley Stone. If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Cecil Ernest Hudson, please contact the Memorial via email on Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: 3DRL/6805
Frank Ramsay Adams, 1883–1963, and William M. Hough, 1882–1962
Adams and Hough together wrote the lyrics to the popular song “I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now,” the music for which was composed by Harold Orlob and first published in 1909. The song appeared in various musicals and movies and was later released by recording artists such as Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Danny Kaye, Ray Charles, Dean Martin, and Harry Nilsson.
Born in 1883 in Morrison, Illinois, USA, Frank R. Adams wrote plays, musical comedies, and lyrics for popular songs. He also wrote several novels, short stories, and screenplays. Adams married Lorna D. Margrave in 1931. Their marriage produced one daughter, Hazel L. Judd (née Adams). Frank R. Adams fought in France during the Second World War as a lieutenant in the United States Army artillery unit. Frank Ramsay Adams died in October 1963, at White Lake, Michigan, USA, at the age of 80.
Born in 1882 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, William M. Hough was an author, songwriter, and playwright. William M. Hough twice married and twice divorced Florence Lord Hough. Their marriage produced one son, Gordon Lord Hough. In 1927 William M. Hough married American actress and silent film star Isabel Lamon, who also billed as Isabel Baring on stage. Their marriage produced one daughter, Carol Hough. Their marriage ended in 1931 and the divorce was finalised in 1947. William M. Hough died in November 1962, at Carmel, California, USA, at the age of 80.
The chorus lyrics of the song “I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now” appears in the handwritten memoir of Charles M. Fotheringham. If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Frank Ramsay Adams or William M. Hough, please contact the Memorial via email on Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: PR01341
Sonny Miller, 1905–1969
Sonny Miller, also known as Maurice Miller, was a songwriter and lyricist who was part of the Tin Pan Alley popular music publishing industry centred in New York City. He worked on television and movie soundtracks from the 1930s through to the 1960s, and wrote lyrics for songs such as “Remember Me,” “Got a Date with an Angel,” and “Heaven Must Be Like This.”
Sonny Miller died in September 1969, in London, England, at the age of 64.
The lyrics to the song he wrote “So Deep is the Night” appears in the handwritten memoir of Charles M. Fotheringham. If you are a copyright holder, a relation, or a descendant of Sonny Miller please contact the Memorial via email on Digitised.Collections@awm.gov.au.
Collection number: PR01341