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Barbara Rose PETRO-PAVLOVSKY (née SCHURMAN) [1898-1965]

Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2014-03-14 18:45

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Female

Names

Family:

Petro-Pavlovsky

Given:

Barbara Rose

Maiden:

Schurman

Birth

Date:

1898-07-12

Death

Date:

1965-06-07

Barbara Petro was working at the American Consulate at the time of the Japanese attack of December 8, 1941. With the rest of the American diplomats and staff, she was held in a house just outside the boundaries of Stanley until just before the June/July repatriation, which she joined. Her husband had already escaped from Hong Kong, and it's believed she joined him in the USA.

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Emily Hahn, China to Me, 1987 ed., 293, 307, 368. <Read more ...>

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Henry REFO [????-????]

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2013-12-22 04:36

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Refo

Given:

Henry

American missionary and teacher. He, his wife Sally, and family were interned in Stanley and repatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm. <Read more ...>

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

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2013-12-19 17:46

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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. <Read more ...>

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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.

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http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=193

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Jean POMMERENKE (née MACPHERSON) [1895- ]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-12-16 17:10

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Unknown

Sex:

Female

Names

Family:

Pommerenke

Given:

Jean

Maiden:

Macpherson

Birth

Date:

c.1895-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Wife of Herbert H Pommerenke.

Date of birth from the Biographical History at the Finding Aid to the Pommerenke family papers, online at:

She gives a brief description of her experiences in Hong Kong on page four of the Perry Herald, Perry, NY on 13 Jan 1943: <Read more ...>

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John STEINER [????- ]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-12-16 16:48

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Unknown

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Steiner

Given:

John

A Presbyterian Missionary, he was caught in Hong Kong in 1941 when the Japanese refused permission for him to return to the mission in Hainan: <Read more ...>

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Norwood Francis ALLMAN [1893-1987]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-12-09 12:26

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Allman

Given:

Norwood Francis

Birth

Date:

1893-07-24

Death

Date:

1987-02-28

Brian Edgar writes:

Allman was an American lawyer from Shanghai stuck in HK during the attack. After the repatriation he became head if the Far Eastern Bureau of the OSS (Don's dad's boss?) and later worked for the CIA. <Read more ...>

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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.

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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. <Read more ...>

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