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. <Read more ...>
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.
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. <Read more ...>
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.
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.
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.
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.
