Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Milton Halsted Gates was a Presbyterian missionary and better known as M Halsted Gates. In the late 1930s, Gates, his wife, Wanda and two children were residing in Dallas, Texas. Before relocating to South China in September 1940, Gates had been studying at the Dallas Theological Seminary.
In 1941 and during the Battle of Hong Kong, Gates and his wife were expecting their third child. The family appear to have been residing at Cheung Chau at the time. Their new born son was welcomed on 15 December 1941 at Matilda Relief Hospital.
See http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html
In 1942, the family was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States.
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