Hardoon, Reuben Victor

Plot Location	1D8
Surname	Hardoon
Given Name(s)	Reuben Victor
Place of Birth	Shanghai
Date of Birth (Eng)	October 18, 1923
Date of Birth (Heb)
Date of Death (Eng)	February 13, 1956
Date of Death (Heb)
Age at Death	32
Hebrew Name
Spouse’s Name	Marion Joyce Tvrda
Father’s Name	Silas Aaron Hardoon
Mother’s Name	Jialing (Liza) Luo
Other Surnames
Sex	M
Marital Status	M
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Title (e.g., Dr)
Religious Status (כ/ל/י)
Cause of Death
Other Family Data	Children: Elizabeth Marion Crawford D’cruz, Jocelyn Marie Stacey, Marilyn Maryrose Shotam, Reuben Victor Hardoon Jr. He had 20 brothers and sisters, all adopted. He and ten of his siblings were Caucasian and carried the Hardoon surname. The other ten were Chinese and carried Luo surname.
Inscription (Eng)	IN LOVING MEMORY OF REUBEN VICTOR HARDOON BORN 18TH OCTOBER 1923 DIED 13TH FEBRUARY 1956
Inscription (Heb)
Inscription (Other)	“234” on center front of granite slab
Historical	Marion was born in Shanghai. She died on September 2, 2011, in Perth, Australia, at the age of 83. According to local historian Mark O’Neill, Reuben and all his brothers and sisters were adopted. Listen to Mark talk about Reuben’s father, Silas Aaron Hardoon, to RTHK Radio 3’s Annemarie Evans on “Hong Kong Heritage” on January 6, 2018:

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