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Sarah Margaret MASON (née REFO, aka Peggy) [1930-2002]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2015-06-18 17:20
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Mason
Given: 
Sarah Margaret
Maiden: 
Refo
Alias / nickname: 
Peggy
Birth
Date: 
1930-11-03
Birthplace (town, state): 
Memphis, Tennessee
Death
Date: 
2002-06-27
Birthplace (country): 
United States
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm

Ernest Percy SAMMONS (aka Red) [c.1894-1968]

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2014-06-05 13:42
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sammons
Given: 
Ernest Percy
Alias / nickname: 
Red
Birth
Date: 
c.1894-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1968-07-16

'Red' Sammons worked for the Kowloon restaurateur E. F. Gingle.

Was he related to - even the father of - Frieda Salmon who was a friend of Barbara Anslow in the 1920s?

Birthplace (country): 
United States
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: interned at Ma Tau Wai camp

Kathryn M DORRER [c.1901-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2014-06-05 13:34
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Dorrer
Given: 
Kathryn M
Birth
Date: 
c.1901-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

In a list of those held at the Tai Koon Hotel in January 1942 she's described as a 40 year old American tourist previously residing at 555, The Peak.

Birthplace (country): 
United States

John MORTON [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2013-12-28 03:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Morton
Given: 
John

John Morton stayed out of Stanley during the Japanese occupation to drive delivery vehicles for that part of the Medical Department that continued to work in town. He was repatatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm and played a leading role in the smuggling of the complete accounts of the HKSBC's last day of operation.

http://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/thomass-work-6-more-on-the-delivery-drivers/

Birthplace (country): 
United States

John Joseph TOOMEY [1890-1963]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2013-12-21 16:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Toomey
Given: 
John Joseph
Birth
Date: 
1890-06-20
Birthplace (town, state): 
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Death
Date: 
1963-01-12

John Joseph Toomey was a Jesuit father, ordained on June 10, 1922. In 1941 he was appointed Procurator and Local Superior of the Maryknoll house at Stanley.

During the December 1941 hostilities he several times risked his life to care for wounded soldiers. He was interned at Stanley, released with the other Maryknollers on September 12, 1942, and eventually made his way to India.

Birthplace (country): 
United States

Sarah Alice REFO (née FLANIKEN, aka Sally) [1895-1956]

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2013-12-19 17:46
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Refo
Given: 
Sarah Alice
Maiden: 
Flaniken
Alias / nickname: 
Sally
Birth
Date: 
c.1895-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1956-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

Sally Refo was a Presbyterian missionary and teacher.

She was interned in Stanley and repatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm with her husband Henry and four children.

Birthplace (country): 
United States
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm

Robert HENRY [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-12-17 18:31
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Henry
Given: 
Robert

Robert Henry spent many years on missionary work in China. He was a Doctor of Divinity.

During the December 1941 hostilities he volunteered as a driver and he continued to drive for the skeleton medical/public health service after the surrender. He was probably repatriated in late June 1942.

Sources:

http://gwulo.com/node/13876

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009154116;view=1up;seq=279

 

Note:

Birthplace (country): 
United States

Carl NEPRUD [1889-1976]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-12-17 17:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Neprud
Given: 
Carl
Birth
Date: 
c.1889-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Coon Valley, Wisconsin
Death
Date: 
c.1976-10-01 (Day is approximate)

In 1913 he joined the Chinese Maritime Customs, a service he remained with until the war.

During the December 1941 hostilities he was a volunteer driver taking first aid to both civilians and military. After the surrender, he continued as a driver for the uninterned medical and health workers so was never in Stanley.

He was repatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm and resumed his work for the Chinese Nationalist authorities in Washington, D. C.

Sources and more information:

Birthplace (country): 
United States
Tags: 
those not interned
WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm

Lewis Charles ARLINGTON [1859-1942]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-12-17 17:25
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Arlington
Given: 
Lewis Charles
Birth
Date: 
c.1859-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1942-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Lewis Charles Arlington was an American author of a number of books about China, where he lived for almost seventy years.

He was in Hong Kong during the December 1941 hostilities, and at Repulse Bay Hotel during the siege and during the early stages of his captivity became very weak - he was 83 years old - so was never sent to Stanley, He was sent to the French Hospital in early 1942 and that's probably where he died.

Sources:

Birthplace (country): 
United States

Charles WINTER (aka Chuck) [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-12-10 16:57
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Winter
Given: 
Charles
Alias / nickname: 
Chuck

Charles Winter was a Seventh Day Adventist missionary and teacher who, at the time of of the Japanese attack in December 1941 worked at, and perhaps ran, a school in the Clearwater Bay area.

He became a volunteer driver for the Medical Department during the fighting, and continued in this role after the surrender, living in the French Hospital as one of the health workers in Selwyn-Clarke's 'team'. He was repatriated on the Asama Maru in late June 1942.

Sources and more information:

Birthplace (country): 
United States

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