She migrated from Hong Kong to Bideford, Devon, England, in 1945, with her five-year-old son, Michael Ernest Zimmern, aboard the Empress of Australia, landing in Liverpool on 27 October 1945.
She left London with Michael for Hong Kong on 24 May 1946 aboard the Otranto. She was still using the surname Zimmern at the time.
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