Waichow Intelligence Summary #20, 23 Feb 1943
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NORWEGIANS:
The Hongkong News dated 16 Feb.43, contains the following announcement:-
"All Norwegians residing in the occupied territory of Hongkong are hereby ordered to present themselves at the Foreign Affairs Department on Friday, February 19, at 10 a.m."
Our two Norwegian friends left Hongkong on 10 Feb.43, and expected that their absence would be reported within two days. ((See Waichow Intelligence Summary #19 for details))
There is every indication that the Japanese resent these frequent disappearing acts and proclaimed Martial law in the border area, increasing all their posts after the disappearance of two batches of Indians via this route.
Whilst their attentions were concentrated on the border area another party of six Indians were succesfully brought out via the sea route. What their reactions to this news will be, we shudder to think.
NORWEGIANS IN HONG KONG.
SEAMEN.
((The original document shows asterisks against some names in the first column, but does not explain their meaning. I have included them here.))
| Name | Age | |||
| * | L. | Eide | 42 | Ship's Officer |
| * | H. | Andersen | 26 | Ship's Officer |
| * | O. | Engelstad. | 30 | Ship's Officer |
| * | H. | Sorensen | 31 | Ship's Engineer |
| * | P. | Urke | 33 | Ship's Officer |
| * | G. | Hauge | 34 | Ship's Officer |
| * | K. | Hjelmaas | 40 | Ship's Engineer |
| * | H. | Helgesen | 31 | Ship's Officer |
| * | G. | Stensen | 32 | Ship's Engineer |
| * | A. K. | Olsen | 30 | Ship's Officer |
| * | S. | Falnes | 47 | Ship's Engineer (Chief) |
| * | E. | Kverne | 42 | Ship's Engineer (Chief) |
| * | F. | Solhaug | 47 | Ship's Engineer (Chief) |
| * | J. | Krogh-Moe | 57 | Director, Representative of Bruusgaard Kiosterud & Co. |
| R. | Thorbjornsen | 55 | Master Mariner | |
| O. | Gundersen | 52 | Master Mariner | |
| A. | Olsen | 58 | Ship's Engineer (Chief) | |
| D. | Danielsen | 61 | Ship's Engineer (Chief) | |
| K. | Davidsen | 49 | Boatswain | |
| O. | Pedersen | 52 | Ship's Engineer (Chief) | |
| O. | Jacobsen | 48 | Assistant Engineer | |
| H. | Sareussen | 66 | Master Mariner | |
| H. | Hartwigsen | 42 | Ship's Engineer |
RESIDENTS.
((Where entries in the following tables have the same number in the first column, the original document marked them as belonging to the same family.))
| 1. | Karsten | Larssen | 62 | Director, former Consul for Denmark |
| 1. | Aasta | Larssen | 59 | Housewife |
| 2. | S . K. | Heiberg | 57 | Naval Architect & Civil Engineer |
| 2. | Gudren | Heiberg | 52 | Housewife |
| 3. | J. | Stenersen | 46 | Bank Manager |
| 3. | Edna | Stenersen | 42 | Housewife |
| B. O. | Andresen | 57 | Director | |
| Tui | Berg. | 38 | Housewife | |
| Marie F. | Johnsen | 30 | Housewife | |
| Nelly | Semmelman | 42 | Housewife | |
| 4. | J. | Sandberg | 56 | Ship's Engineer |
| 4. | Marie | Sandberg | 34 | Housewife |
| 4. | Sandberg | Four children | ||
| 5. | T. | Thoresen | 49 | Civil Engineer |
| 5. | Lillian | Thoresen | 37 | Housewife |
| 5. | Thoresen | Two children | ||
| 6. | Ida | Warild | 43 | Housewife |
| 6. | Warild | Two children | ||
| 7. | Daisy | Hoyem | 39 | Widow |
| 7. | Hoyem | Three children | ||
| Alexandra | Hansen | 34 | Housewife | |
| Johan | Nielsen | 56 | Pastor Norwegian Seamen's Mission | |
| H. | Thorgersen | 56 | Civil Engineer |
RESIDENTS (VOLUNTARILY INTERNED AT STANLEY CAMP)
| Florence | Haugland | 42 | Housewife | |
| Esther | Haugland | 18 | Daughter | |
| Catherine | Hellevik | 38 | Housewife | |
| Norman | Hellevik | 15 | Son |
NORWEGIANS IN SHATIN
| 8. | C. L. | Reichelt | 66 | Missionary |
| 8. | Anne | Reichelt | 67 | Housewife |
| 9. | G. | Reichelt | 36 | Missionary |
| 9. | R. | Reichelt | 34 | Housewife |
| 9. | Reichelt | Three children | ||
| 0. | N. N. | Thelle | 42 | Missionary |
| 0. | R. | Thelle | 39 | Housewife |
| 0. | Thelle | Four children |
NORWEGIAN PRISONERS OF WAR AT SHAMSHUIPO CAMP
| S. | Berg | 50 | Ship Broker | |
| B. | Naess | 42 | Manager | |
| L. | Ongstad | 26 | Business man | |
| R. | Reiertsen | 27 | Business man | |
| J. | Johnsen | 34 | Business man | |
| K. W. | Smeby | 35 | Business man | |
| K. | Semmelman | 19 | Student | |
| P. | Dybdahl | 25 | Seaman |
Comments
Johanssens
In the early days of the occupation Emily Hahn had some contact with a group of Norwegians living close to her in May Road. She particularly mentions Mr. 'Jo' Johanssen, his English wife and their family. He was the manager of the Norwegian shipping office, Wallem's.
At this stage the Norwegians were waiting to find out if they were going to be interned. It seems possible that Mr. Johanssen is the 'J. Johnsen' in Shamshuipo and that his wife is the 'Marie F. Johnsen' on the Residents List, but Hahn specifically mentions 'children' and it seems unlikely that Mr. J. was later discovered to have been a combattant.