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Compton DeMetselaer WISEMAN [c.1920-1958]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 01/15/2024 - 02:48

Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Interned at Stanley, where he worked in the camp kitchen.  Repatriated in August 1942.  From Whitehouse, New Jersey.  After repatriation, joined OSS and deployed to the China-Burma-India theater.  Wife Eileen Barry Wiseman.  Parents William Wiseman and Ethel Compton Wiseman.

Fredrik Ingeman NYSTROM (aka Fred) [1877-1946]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 01/15/2024 - 02:11

Captain of the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  Pre-/post-war lived in Seattle, Washington.  Wife Elsa Nystrom (maiden name Stahre).  5 children: Fredrik Ingram b. 1905, Clarence Theodore b. 1907, Helene Josephine b. 1910, Edvin “Eddie” William b. 1912 (USN officer), Ruth Mary, b. 1916.

John Robert MAULONIS [1904-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Tue, 01/02/2024 - 22:14

Bosun aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From San Francisco, the ship's home port.  Married to M. Maulonis.

Parkman Scott HUSTON [1896-1972]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Sat, 12/30/2023 - 20:51

Fireman/water tender in the engine room of the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From Everett, Washington and/or Mullan, Idaho.  Canadian and/or U.S. citizen. 

Lycurgus Gordon HUGHES [1899-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Fri, 12/29/2023 - 20:59

Fourth Engineer aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From Chico, California.

Harry GOLDMAN [c.1875-1945]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Thu, 12/21/2023 - 01:21

Chief Engineer aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Died on February 17 or 18, 1945, and buried in Bowen Cemetery, Hong Kong.  Jewish, from San Francisco, three siblings.

Loren Anthony DISPER [1920-1994]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:27

Radioman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  Prewar, he was unmarried and from Los Angeles.

 

Charles E. CADY (aka Chuck) [c.1897-1942]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Thu, 12/14/2023 - 21:11

Steward aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Volunteer truck driver during battle for Hong Kong.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.  Interned at Stanley, where he worked in the camp kitchen.  Repatriated in August 1942.  Died during emergency surgery in November 1942 in California.  The surgery and death were attributed to health problems stemming from his time as an internee.