Charles
Edmund Dumaresq
(James)
Clavell
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 72
in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2024
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Biography
James Clavell served in the British Army in World War II
Service started: 1940
Unit(s): Royal Artillery
Service ended: 20 Jul 1948
Service started: 1940
Unit(s): Royal Artillery
Service ended: 20 Jul 1948
James Clavell is Notable.
Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, later known as James Dumaresq Clavell, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 10 October 1921. As a soldier in the British Army, he was held as a prisoner of war by Japanese forces in Malaya from 1942 to 1945. After retiring from the Army in 1948, he worked as a screenwriter and then as a director before writing novels, more notably his 1975 novel ShÅgun, which has been adapted into a television miniseries in 1980 and again as a limited television series in 2024. He died in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland on 7 September 1994.
Sources
- "Prisoners of War, 1715-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FW7-N9PR : 20 May 2022), Charles Edward Dumaresq Clavell, 1942.
- "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVD4-BJYG : 8 October 2014), Charles E D Clavell and null, 1949; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1949, quarter 1, vol. 5C, p. 518, Chelsea, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KJX3-HS3 : 11 November 2019), James Dumaresq Clavell, 2003.
- "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWG-JZND : Wed Oct 18 01:17:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Mr James Clavell and Eric Major, 08 Sep 1994.
See also:
- Wikipedia (EN): James Clavell
- Wikipedia (ES): James Clavell
- Wikipedia (FR): James Clavell
- Wikidata: Item Q316802, en:Wikipedia
- Find A Grave: Memorial #6001088
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Stephen Corkey
Connected. Very unusually, both parents were already on Wikitree but not marked as married to each other...
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