Possibly unrelated, but a Mrs D J STOKES sailed from Southampton on 21 Jun 1949 to Singapore on board the Empire Windrush via Hong Kong. Perhaps she was travelling to join her husband in the Far East.
It is not known how Doreen's marriage to Esmor ended. No death record can be found. A Doreen J STOKES travelled to New York on board Turkia in 1957. Esmor remarried in Q3 1958, having had a son, Jeremy, a few months earlier with his new wife.