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Laurence Dalrymple Maclagan Wedderburn, 1885-1965.

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Unpublished memoir, 'Sea Dragon', of Laurence Dalrymple Maclagan Wedderburn, Church of Scotland missionary in China.

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Identifier: Acc.13831
Content Description Wedderburn spent his missionary career in East Manchuria, working in Ashiho (Acheng), near Harbin, Chao Yang Chen and Hailung.In the spring of 1918, Wedderburn left Manchuria to serve as an officer with the Chinese Labour Corps in northern France. The British Government had called for Chinese-speaking, British subjects to volunteer for the CLC, a non-combatant force of Chinese labourers who worked behind the lines. He was demobilised towards the end of 1919 and returned to...
Dates: 1957-1958.