Dr Loan gets two mentions in Beth Nance's autobiography; first (p88) where she is talking about the supplies of vitamin oil, fish oil and shark oil that the internees were able to get in Stanley Camp during the War, and of which the colonial authorities and Japanese were unaware. 'It was because of Dr Loan, a New Zealand doctor, that we were able to have fish oil and shark liver oil for our kids... his name was on everything we had which was good...he was a friend of ours.'
John Loan was a Presbyterian missionary doctor who served with Jack Johnson (Ireland and New Zealand) and they were on their first term in China. They helped with the Christian outreach in Stanley, came to the prayer meetings and helped with the work amongst the youth. 'These men were wonderful about supplying our children' says Beth Nance*.
In the second mention (p95), Beth Nance just says, 'Dr Loan used to call our Jonathan the "family ambassador" because he was so friendly.
*This implies they were both interned but I can't find Jack Johnson on the list.
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John Alistair Loan,
John Alistair Loan, Presbyterian missionary, born April 30, 1917 at Owaka, South Otago New Zealand. Died February 19, 2012, aged 95.
http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/page177.htm
Mentioned in My Life by Beth Nance
Dr Loan gets two mentions in Beth Nance's autobiography; first (p88) where she is talking about the supplies of vitamin oil, fish oil and shark oil that the internees were able to get in Stanley Camp during the War, and of which the colonial authorities and Japanese were unaware. 'It was because of Dr Loan, a New Zealand doctor, that we were able to have fish oil and shark liver oil for our kids... his name was on everything we had which was good...he was a friend of ours.'
John Loan was a Presbyterian missionary doctor who served with Jack Johnson (Ireland and New Zealand) and they were on their first term in China. They helped with the Christian outreach in Stanley, came to the prayer meetings and helped with the work amongst the youth. 'These men were wonderful about supplying our children' says Beth Nance*.
In the second mention (p95), Beth Nance just says, 'Dr Loan used to call our Jonathan the "family ambassador" because he was so friendly.
*This implies they were both interned but I can't find Jack Johnson on the list.