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James BRAGA [1906-1994]

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James Braga

Baptist minister, Bible teacher and author.

Born, Hong Kong, 27 April 1906; 
died, Milwaukie, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.,
21 April 1994, aged 87.

Harvey Leroy DECKER [1896-1969]

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Harvey Leroy Decker was an engineer born on 11th April 1896 in the USA, to John Leroy (25) and Margaret Metz Decker (18).

He registered for military service in 1919.

Paul BRAGA [1910-1989]

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Paul Braga

Businessman and fine arts collector

Paul Braga was the eleventh of thirteen children, and the ninth and youngest son of José Pedro and Olive Pauline Braga. Like his father and all his brothers, Paul was educated at St Joseph’s College, where he was a keen member of the 1st Hong Kong (St Joseph’s College) Scout Troop, and excelled as an athlete.

Henrietta McLellan WILSON [1879-????]

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In 1948 her memoirs were published by her church, First Baptist Church, Pontiac Michigan, U.S.A., entitled “God Stood Between: Personal Experiences of Miss Henrietta Wilson, Missionary of the South China Boat Mission”. Henrietta spent several years as a missionary in China 1930s-1944 and for nearly 2 years was interned by Japanese at Stanley.

Faith Mary SNUGGS [1898-1990]

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Faith Mary Snuggs was a Baptist missionary teacher. She came from a missionary family and served in South China and Hong Kong. 

During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was stationed at La Salle Relief Hospital. After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp.

Faith M. Snuggs' name/signature appears under "La Salle College" (La Salle Relief Hospital) on the right on the "Day Joyce Sheet" held by the Imperial War Museum. 

Paulo da Gama Maria XAVIER [1899-1988]

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Paulo Xavier joined my grandfather's company, C.E. Warren & Co. Ltd. as a clerk in about 1922 and was a  loyal member of the company until it was wound up in 1941. According to the last letter from Hong Kong written by my uncle, Leslie Warren, Xavier then got a wartime job as Accountant in the Government Food Controller's Office. He emigrated to the US in 1959. Information about him was kindly given to me by his grandson, Roy Eric Xavier who told me that Paulo was one of twelve siblings and that he lost his sister, Daria, in the Happy Valley Race Course fire of 1918.

Zygmund SOLDINSKI (aka Zed) [1902-1974]

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Chief Mechanic/Engineer and Director of Maintenance of Pan Am and CNAC in Hong Kong/China.

Soldinski and family departed Kai Tak on one of the last evacuation flights on 9/10 December 1941 before the airfield was sealed and made unavailable due to the Japanese invasion and bombardment of Hong Kong.