Canadian passengers held a "Stanley Reunion" event 26 Nov 1943 on board the MS Gripsholm enroute from Goa to NYC. The attached list of Canadians may be helpful to those researching their relatives released from Stanley Camp who traveled on the Gripsholm's second civilian repatriation voyage, which departed Goa on 17 Oct 1943. The voyage took six weeks and the Gripsholm arrived at NYC on 01 Dec 1943.
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26 Nov 1943
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List of passengers
Thanks for sharing this, I haven't seen a copy of it before. Here is a copy of the list of names in text format for easy reading:
Mr. George Andrew
Miss Sheila Baskett
Mr. Frank Bowery
Mr. William Buchanan
Mrs. Audrey Camidge
Miss Kathleen Christie
Mr. Maurice Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Archibald Coleman
Miss Gladys Collard
Mr. George Costello
Mr. Percy Cox
Mrs. W. R. Dockrill
Mrs. Frances Dodds
Miss Nell Elliott
Mrs. Mary Fairburn
Mr. David Fyffe
Dr. & Mrs. Greaves
Mr. Harry Greenwood
Mr. & Mrs. C. M. Hall
Mr. Malcolm Hardie
Mrs. Sarah Logan
Mrs. Ursula Macklin & child
Mr. & Mrs. David Mann
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Medley
Mr. Richard Morris
Mr. Harrison Mullett
Father Charles Murphy (Chairman)
Mrs. Florence Needham
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Oppen
Mrs. Florence Randle
Mr. & Mrs. Don Robbins & child
Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Robinson
Mr. James Ryan
Saint Antoine, Sister
Saint George, Sister
Saint Philippe, Sister
Saint Etienne, Sister
Mr. & Mrs. Salmon
Miss Sylvia Salmon
Miss Frieda Salmon
Miss Hilda Salmon (Secretary)
Miss Dorothy Salmon
Mr. Samuel Salmon
Mr. Herbert Salmon
Mr. Charles Skeet
Mrs. Nina Smith
Mr. John Spence
Miss Winifred Stokes
Miss Anna Waters
Miss Henrietta Wilson
Mr. Elihu Wood
Miss Elizabeth MacGowan
Mr. John MacGowan
Antonio Gonzales
Cristobal Gonzales
Nora Gonzales
Mr. & Mrs. Franck Benoist & 3 children
Miss Lily Chow
Miss Mary Chow
Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Collier
Miss Rachel Finlayson
Mrs. Eugenie Zaitzeff & child
Winnie & Myra Brown
Mr. Eldred Bush
Rosy Bush
Katherine Bush
Lillian Bush
Chester Bush
Herbert Bush
Marjorie Bush
Franklin Bush
Phyllis Bush
Mr. Ernest Clarke
Miss Emily Hahn
Mrs. George Lenz
Miss Jane Lenz
Miss Josephine Lenz
Miss Catherine Lenz
Miss Magdalene Lenz
Mr. Theodore Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Smith
Mr. Julio Swing
Patricia Swing
Magnolia Swing
Mr. Diego Swing
Mrs. Maria Velasco
Mr. Jesus Velasco
Miss Maria Velasco
Miss Marta Velasco
Master Gustavo Velasco
Maj.Gen. Morris A. “Two-Gun” Cohen
The Mr Maurice Cohen, whose name appears on the list above, is none other than the fabulous London-born, Canadian, Chinese general, Major-General Morris Abraham “Two-Gun” Cohen.
See: 1943 – Maj.Gen. M.A. “Two Gun” Cohen striking a defiant pose on board the repatriation ship conveying him from the Stanley internment camp in H.K. to freedom in Canada..JPG | Gwulo