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Sarah Leah SALMON [c.1916-????]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2022-01-24 11:12
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Unknown
Names
Family: 
Salmon
Given: 
Sarah Leah
Birth
Date: 
c.1916-01-01 (Year, Month are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Vancouver
Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: repatriated 1943 Teia Maru + Gripsholm

Francis Woodley KENDALL (aka Mike) [1907-1973]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2021-12-10 11:19
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Kendall
Given: 
Francis Woodley
Alias / nickname: 
Mike
Birth
Date: 
1907-08-04
Birthplace (town, state): 
Vancouver
Death
Date: 
c.1973-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

Mike Kendall was the head of Z Force in Hong Kong in WW2.

Lots more information about him at http://www.hongkongescape.org/Kendall.htm

Birthplace (country): 
Canada

William Broughton (Bolton) SPRATT [1827-1884]

Submitted by eurasian_david on Tue, 2021-08-31 08:47
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Spratt
Given: 
William Broughton (Bolton)
Birth
Date: 
1827-01-14
Birthplace (town, state): 
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death
Date: 
1884-07-04

Shipwright and trader of Victoria, Hong Kong

Wife Anna Eulalia (née ?) (Edit: likely de Cruz and that she is his second wife - see comments below)

 

Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
Shipwright

Charles BOND [c.1841-1891]

Submitted by jill on Sat, 2021-01-16 07:15
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Bond
Given: 
Charles
Birth
Date: 
c.1841-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1891-10-12
Cause of death: 
Heart disease
Other
Other reference: 
Chiarini's Circus

Charles Bond was a French Canadian who came to Hong Kong on a sailing ship in 1869 and joined the police in 1870, acting as French interpreter. He  commuted his pension on retiring in 1880. At the age of 33 he married Anna Maria Reed, widow of Robert Reed. They had one daughter, Margaret Annie Bond, who lived to the age of 92. Charles Bond was apparently a widely known and popular personality in Hong Kong, a steward of the Hong Kong Club and an agent for Chiarini's Circus when they visited the Colony. He also seems to have been manager of the Shameen Hotel in Canton.

Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
police
Shameen Hotel
Anna Maria Bond
Margaret Annie Bond

Mary Constance FAIRBURN (née BONNELL) [1900-1996]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2020-04-06 15:44
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Fairburn
Given: 
Mary Constance
Maiden: 
Bonnell
Birth
Date: 
1900-05-06
Birthplace (town, state): 
Fernie, British Columbia
Death
Date: 
c.1996-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
WW2: repatriated 1943 Teia Maru + Gripsholm
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Jean Frances Marion ROBINSON [c.1912-????]

Submitted by David on Wed, 2019-02-27 12:50
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Robinson
Given: 
Jean Frances Marion
Birth
Date: 
c.1912-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Ottowa
Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: repatriated 1943 Teia Maru + Gripsholm

Dorothy Pearl TROXEL (née SALMON) [1922-2009]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-09-12 15:05
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Troxel
Given: 
Dorothy Pearl
Maiden: 
Salmon
Birth
Date: 
1922-10-05
Birthplace (town, state): 
Vancouver
Death
Date: 
2009-04-08

DoB from John Black's list, which gives Miss Salmon's occupation in 1941 as "Stenographer".

Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: repatriated 1943 Teia Maru + Gripsholm

Yvonne GERIN (aka Sister Therese de l’Infant Jesus) [1897-1960]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2015-09-27 17:33
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Gerin
Given: 
Yvonne
Alias / nickname: 
Sister Therese de l’Infant Jesus
Birth
Date: 
c.1897-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Coaticook, Quebec
Death
Date: 
1960-12-21
Cause of death: 
Heart attack

Her obituary was reported in the Catholic Examiner:

Sister Therese-de-l’Infant-Jesus of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Yvonne Gerin of Coaticook, Quebec, Canada), died of a heart attack in St. Teresa’s Hospital, Kowloon, on Wednesday, 21 December 1960, aged 63, having spent 43 years in Religious life and 21 years in the missions.

Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Cuthbert O'GARA [1886-1968]

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2015-03-26 17:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
o'Gara
Given: 
Cuthbert
Birth
Date: 
1886-04-01
Birthplace (town, state): 
Ottawa, Ontario
Death
Date: 
1968-05-13

Cuthbert O'Gara, the son of a judge, took vows as a (Roman Catholic) Passionist in 1914 and was ordained a priest in 1915. He taught theology in the USA until 1924 when he was sent to China and after a misunderstanding ended up on mission in Yuanling (Hunan). In 1934 he became a Titular Bishop. 

During the Sino-Japanese War he established 13 refugee camps and two hospitals and helped house, feed and clothe up to 100,000 people. One writer called him 'the Stretcher-Bearer Bishop' because of his personal involvement in this work.

Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Hermena Jean OPPEN (née PHEMISTER) [1911-2007]

Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2015-03-25 18:34
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Oppen
Given: 
Hermena Jean
Maiden: 
Phemister
Birth
Date: 
1911-04-30
Birthplace (town, state): 
Stanford, Ontario
Death
Date: 
2007-04-27

She moved to Hong Kong in 1940 and married Frederick Oppen on August 30. She trained to become an Auxiliary Nurse. She served in St. Paul's Hospital during the hostilities (her husband was one of the lay superintendents there). Both were repatriated to Canada in September 1943, having memorised the names and addresses of 40 people to write to with news of their loved-ones.

Sources: St. Paul's: HK PRO - 'Provisional Lists - Staff at St. Paul's Hospital'

Birthplace (country): 
Canada
Tags: 
WW2: repatriated 1943 Teia Maru + Gripsholm

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