DIED IN GERMANY

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21599, 9 December 1941, Page 3

DIED IN GERMANY

PORT HOBART PRISONER MISS E. A. M. HARCOURT, 0.8. E. Advice has been received by Mr j 3. J. S. Harcourt, of Wellington, that lis sister, Miss Eveline Alice Marion Harcourt, 0.8. E., has died at Liebelau, Wurtemburg, Germany, where she was a prisoner of war ,having been captured when the Port Hobart was sunk by a German raider off Porto Rico on November 24, 1940. Miss Harcourt was the elder 1 daughter of the late John Bateman | Harcourt and was born at Wellington on April 9, 1878. She was educated at Wellington and at Mrs Bowen's well-known school in Christchurch. She lost her mother early and was her father’s compenion and housekeeper until the time of his death about 12 years ago. With him she travelled abroad on several occasions. During the last war she was asso- j dated with Lady Myers in work at Base Records, Wellington, and was awarded the 0.8. E. for her services. She was last in New Zealand in 1936 when she went on a tour of Europe, visiting both Germany and France. Her return to New Zealand was undertaken in the Port Hobart and when the ship was sunk she lost practically all of her possessions. 17 Weeks on Raider She spent 17 weeks on the raider with makeshift clothing and was moved from place to place in France for some weeks after being landed from the raider. As she had never been robust these hardships undermined her health, and after she had i | been in a German prison camp for a ! time she was sent to Wesermuende ! for hospital treatment. She was in I hospital for 19 weeks and stated in her letter that she was being well and kindly treated. She was then transferred to Liebenau, where she died. Miss Harcourt’s eldest brother, Mr F. E. H. Harcourt, died in South Africa. Her two brothers- , Messrs Stanton and Gordon, are well known in Wellington, and another brother, Major H. Harcourt, is serving with the forces in Kenya. Mrs Grace Gillon, of Wellington, is her sister.