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Gwen DEW [1903-1993]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-08 19:21
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Dew
Given: 
Gwen
Birth
Date: 
1903-06-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Albion, Michigan
Death
Date: 
1993-06-17

Gwen Dew was an American journalist. In 1936 she began travelling the world, mainly Asia, and writing a popular weekly column about her advenures. She took many photos of the December 1941 hostilities almost all of which have been lost.

She was interned in Stanley after the surrender and repatriated in late June 1942.

In 1948 she married Captain James Buchanan who died five years later.

Source:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7099766

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

Norman H. BRIGGS [c.1905-1993]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-08 17:09
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Briggs
Given: 
Norman H.
Birth
Date: 
c.1905-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1993-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

California resident Norman Briggs was sent to Hong Kong by Standard Oil in August 1941.

During the December fighting he volunteered to work for Food Control. After the surrender he was interned in Stanley until the reaptriation of late JUne 1942.

Soon after being reunited his family he wrote a wartime memoir which was published posthumously in 2006 - Taken in Hong Kong. This provides a detailed and balanced account of the American experience of internment.

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

Rose Etta REITON (née FEMMER) [1886-1957]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2013-12-07 22:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Reiton
Given: 
Rose Etta
Maiden: 
Femmer
Birth
Date: 
1886-10-03
Birthplace (town, state): 
Americus, Missouri
Death
Date: 
1957-07-25

Rose Etta Femmer married the Reverend Albert Kato Reiton in January 1913 in the United States. The couple came to Hong Kong that March to work as evangelists. In November 1914 they opened the Yaumati Peniel Misson in Kowloon.

She was in Kowloon with her family during the 1941 hostilities. After a period spent in hiding the were interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated in late June 1942.

She died in Hong Kong in 1957.

Sources:

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

Albert Kato REITON [1882-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2013-12-07 22:03
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Reiton
Given: 
Albert Kato
Birth
Date: 
1882-02-07
Birthplace (town, state): 
Baldwin, Wisconsin

The Reverend Albert Kato Reiton was an American Protestant missionary.

He married Edna Greer Reiton on November 15, 1909 and the next month they founded the South China Peniel Holiness Mission in Hong Kong. Edna Greer died in Kobe en route to the USA for medical treatment in January 1912 and in January 1913 Reiton married Rose Etta Femmer. The couple returned to Hong Kong in March to work as evangelists. In November 1914 they opened the Yaumati Peniel Misson in Kowloon.

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

Wenzell BROWN [1911-1981]

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2013-12-03 17:15
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Brown
Given: 
Wenzell
Birth
Date: 
1911-05-10
Birthplace (town, state): 
Portland, Maine
Death
Date: 
c.1981-11-01 (Month is approximate)

Wenzell Brown was a lecturer at Lingnan University. He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated with his fellow Americans on June 29/30, 1942.

He wrote a book, Hong Kong Aftermath (1943), which contains a partly fictionalised account of his experiences.

He became a writer of 'pulp fiction', gaining some reputation in the 1950s for his work in the 'juvenile delinquent' genre, and  publishing his only Science Fiction novel in 1975.

He was a Quaker.

Sources:

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

Thomas James Johnston FENWICK [1895-1985]

Submitted by David on Sat, 2013-04-27 23:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Fenwick
Given: 
Thomas James Johnston
Birth
Date: 
1895-11-02
Birthplace (town, state): 
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Death
Date: 
1985-03-10

He was one of the bankers who was kept out of Stanley Camp by the Japanese. He escaped from Hong Kong in October 1942, in an operation arranged by the BAAG.

Birthplace (country): 
United States
Tags: 
those not interned
escape

Esther Margaret GRANT (née OLSEN) [c.1908- ]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2013-04-11 20:11
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Grant
Given: 
Esther Margaret
Maiden: 
Olsen
Birth
Date: 
c.1908-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Mountain View, California

Wife of Frederick Cyril Grant.

Birthplace (country): 
United States
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Frances Sinnickson BAYNES (née REILLY) [1912-2001]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2013-04-11 20:09
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Baynes
Given: 
Frances Sinnickson
Maiden: 
Reilly
Birth
Date: 
1912-03-05
Birthplace (town, state): 
New York
Death
Date: 
2001-08-01

Wife of Eric Neville Baynes.

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

Beatrice Lenola WHITHAM / HUMPHRIES (née BROUWER) [1916-????]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2013-04-11 20:07
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Whitham / Humphries
Given: 
Beatrice Lenola
Maiden: 
Brouwer
Birth
Date: 
1916-09-06
Birthplace (town, state): 
Muskegon, Michigan

Husband's name James Percival Whitham.

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

William Peter HUNT [1905-1966]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2013-04-11 20:03
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hunt
Given: 
William Peter
Birth
Date: 
1905-05-11
Birthplace (town, state): 
Niagara Falls, New York
Death
Date: 
1966-04-16
Birthplace (country): 
United States
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: moved to Shanghai

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