Max Walter Brummett
WORLD WAR II | POW
1917 - 1995
Father: Samuel Walter Brummett
Mother: Grace Miller Brummett Jackson
Spouse: Vera Victoria Shirokoff Brummett
Married: 20 November 1940 | Shanghai, China
Max and Vera had two children, Tania Brummett Hansen Madsen
and Lieuan Walter Brummett "Lew" Hansen. They were adopted
by Elmo Jonas Hansen and Gerda Wilhelmina Hermanson Hansen.
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TWO BRAZIL MEN HELD PRISONER
Lieut. Sharpe in Germany
and Max W. Brummett
in Philippines
(Excerpt) ...Max Walter Brummett is held prisoner by the Japanese at San Tonas [Santo Tomas], Philippines Islands. Brummett has been missing for a year. The young man is a quartermaster on the United States liner Marshall Foch [Maréchal Joffre] which was docked at Shanghai, China, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The boat was immediately taken over by the United States Navy and Brummett started with the ship on its return to the United States. Japanese overtook him when the boat stopped at Manila and he has since been a prisoner in the Philippines. Brummett's wife was with him at the time, but so far, her whereabouts have not been reported. Brummett is the son of Mrs. Grace Brummett, principal of Zeller School here.
— The Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sunday, 9 May 1943 | p. 36 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 23 June 2023
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Japanese Hold Seven From Clay County
Brazil, Ind., March 18—(Special)—The Clay County Red Cross has received an official list of seven Clay County persons known to be prisoners of the Japanese. The list, provided by the provost general, is as follows (excerpt):
...Max W. Brummett, Santo Tomas, Manila.
...Tania Brummett, Santo Tomas, Manila.
The Red Cross also notified Mrs. Grace Brummett, principal of Zeller Public School, of the birth of a granddaughter, Tania Brummett, in a Philippines prison camp. The baby is the daughter of Merchant Mariner Max Brummett and his Russian wife.
— Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sunday, 19 March 1944 | p. 38 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 23 June 2023
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No published obituary located at this writing. See other primary sources under photos tab.
WORLD WAR II | POW
1917 - 1995
Father: Samuel Walter Brummett
Mother: Grace Miller Brummett Jackson
Spouse: Vera Victoria Shirokoff Brummett
Married: 20 November 1940 | Shanghai, China
Max and Vera had two children, Tania Brummett Hansen Madsen
and Lieuan Walter Brummett "Lew" Hansen. They were adopted
by Elmo Jonas Hansen and Gerda Wilhelmina Hermanson Hansen.
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TWO BRAZIL MEN HELD PRISONER
Lieut. Sharpe in Germany
and Max W. Brummett
in Philippines
(Excerpt) ...Max Walter Brummett is held prisoner by the Japanese at San Tonas [Santo Tomas], Philippines Islands. Brummett has been missing for a year. The young man is a quartermaster on the United States liner Marshall Foch [Maréchal Joffre] which was docked at Shanghai, China, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The boat was immediately taken over by the United States Navy and Brummett started with the ship on its return to the United States. Japanese overtook him when the boat stopped at Manila and he has since been a prisoner in the Philippines. Brummett's wife was with him at the time, but so far, her whereabouts have not been reported. Brummett is the son of Mrs. Grace Brummett, principal of Zeller School here.
— The Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sunday, 9 May 1943 | p. 36 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 23 June 2023
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Japanese Hold Seven From Clay County
Brazil, Ind., March 18—(Special)—The Clay County Red Cross has received an official list of seven Clay County persons known to be prisoners of the Japanese. The list, provided by the provost general, is as follows (excerpt):
...Max W. Brummett, Santo Tomas, Manila.
...Tania Brummett, Santo Tomas, Manila.
The Red Cross also notified Mrs. Grace Brummett, principal of Zeller Public School, of the birth of a granddaughter, Tania Brummett, in a Philippines prison camp. The baby is the daughter of Merchant Mariner Max Brummett and his Russian wife.
— Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sunday, 19 March 1944 | p. 38 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 23 June 2023
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No published obituary located at this writing. See other primary sources under photos tab.
Max Walter Brummett
WORLD WAR II | POW
1917 - 1995
Father: Samuel Walter Brummett
Mother: Grace Miller Brummett Jackson
Spouse: Vera Victoria Shirokoff Brummett
Married: 20 November 1940 | Shanghai, China
Max and Vera had two children, Tania Brummett Hansen Madsen
and Lieuan Walter Brummett "Lew" Hansen. They were adopted
by Elmo Jonas Hansen and Gerda Wilhelmina Hermanson Hansen.
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TWO BRAZIL MEN HELD PRISONER
Lieut. Sharpe in Germany
and Max W. Brummett
in Philippines
(Excerpt) ...Max Walter Brummett is held prisoner by the Japanese at San Tonas [Santo Tomas], Philippines Islands. Brummett has been missing for a year. The young man is a quartermaster on the United States liner Marshall Foch [Maréchal Joffre] which was docked at Shanghai, China, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The boat was immediately taken over by the United States Navy and Brummett started with the ship on its return to the United States. Japanese overtook him when the boat stopped at Manila and he has since been a prisoner in the Philippines. Brummett's wife was with him at the time, but so far, her whereabouts have not been reported. Brummett is the son of Mrs. Grace Brummett, principal of Zeller School here.
— The Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sunday, 9 May 1943 | p. 36 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 23 June 2023
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Japanese Hold Seven From Clay County
Brazil, Ind., March 18—(Special)—The Clay County Red Cross has received an official list of seven Clay County persons known to be prisoners of the Japanese. The list, provided by the provost general, is as follows (excerpt):
...Max W. Brummett, Santo Tomas, Manila.
...Tania Brummett, Santo Tomas, Manila.
The Red Cross also notified Mrs. Grace Brummett, principal of Zeller Public School, of the birth of a granddaughter, Tania Brummett, in a Philippines prison camp. The baby is the daughter of Merchant Mariner Max Brummett and his Russian wife.
— Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sunday, 19 March 1944 | p. 38 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 23 June 2023
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No published obituary located at this writing. See other primary sources under photos tab.
WORLD WAR II | POW
1917 - 1995
Father: Samuel Walter Brummett
Mother: Grace Miller Brummett Jackson
Spouse: Vera Victoria Shirokoff Brummett
Married: 20 November 1940 | Shanghai, China
Max and Vera had two children, Tania Brummett Hansen Madsen
and Lieuan Walter Brummett "Lew" Hansen. They were adopted
by Elmo Jonas Hansen and Gerda Wilhelmina Hermanson Hansen.
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TWO BRAZIL MEN HELD PRISONER
Lieut. Sharpe in Germany
and Max W. Brummett
in Philippines
(Excerpt) ...Max Walter Brummett is held prisoner by the Japanese at San Tonas [Santo Tomas], Philippines Islands. Brummett has been missing for a year. The young man is a quartermaster on the United States liner Marshall Foch [Maréchal Joffre] which was docked at Shanghai, China, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The boat was immediately taken over by the United States Navy and Brummett started with the ship on its return to the United States. Japanese overtook him when the boat stopped at Manila and he has since been a prisoner in the Philippines. Brummett's wife was with him at the time, but so far, her whereabouts have not been reported. Brummett is the son of Mrs. Grace Brummett, principal of Zeller School here.
— The Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sunday, 9 May 1943 | p. 36 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 23 June 2023
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Japanese Hold Seven From Clay County
Brazil, Ind., March 18—(Special)—The Clay County Red Cross has received an official list of seven Clay County persons known to be prisoners of the Japanese. The list, provided by the provost general, is as follows (excerpt):
...Max W. Brummett, Santo Tomas, Manila.
...Tania Brummett, Santo Tomas, Manila.
The Red Cross also notified Mrs. Grace Brummett, principal of Zeller Public School, of the birth of a granddaughter, Tania Brummett, in a Philippines prison camp. The baby is the daughter of Merchant Mariner Max Brummett and his Russian wife.
— Indianapolis Star | Indianapolis, Indiana | Sunday, 19 March 1944 | p. 38 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 23 June 2023
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No published obituary located at this writing. See other primary sources under photos tab.
