Everything tagged: United States

George B. King worked for British American Tobacco Co., in Shanghai, China. In the early 1940s, he had been associated with the company for over 20 years. He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

In May 1944, he joined the Tobacco Section of the Office of Price Administration to assist in price control of cigarette leaf tobacco.

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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/8626-king-george-b/

2. The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury

In 1935 prior to coming to Hong Kong, Mose Eggleston Kelley wrote a paper on a study made of the treatment of some Arizona molybdenite ores which is held by the University of Arizona.  See: https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/553233/AZU_TD_BOX331_E9791_1935_23.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

In the 1941 Jurors List, he worked as a mining engineer for Hong Kong Mines Ltd..

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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/8590-kelley-ernest-james/

Joel Russell Jones appears in the Jurors List from 1930 onwards and gave his occupation as manager of Connell Bros Co., an import and export firm. He had been married to Helena Apolonia Menchinsky Jones (née Bogusz) and had a son. Both his wife and son were not present in Hong Kong prior to the Japanese invasion.

Sarah Catherine Johnston better known as Sarah C. Johnston was an American missionary serving the Assemblies of God Church in South China in the Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong areas.

She was present in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion and interned at Stanley Camp. She was repatriated to the United States in 1942.

William Richard Johnson was an American missionary who sailed to China in 1906. He served as pastor, educator and school administrator for the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1941, Rev. Johnson was Assistant Director and in charge of the American Red Cross China Relief Unit in Hong Kong.

After the fall of Hong Kong, Rev. Johnson was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated with other Americans to the United States in 1942.

Evelyne or Evelyn Hulse, née Bolt was born in Hong Kong, a teacher and married to Aubrey James Hulse, a U. S. citizen. Her father was Tom Bolt, a British citizen and mother's name was Mary Bolt, née Yeung.

In 1942, she was 24 years of age and gave her surname as Bolt-Hulse. After the fall of Hong Kong, Evelyn Bolt-Hulse, her husband and father were interned in Stanley Camp. Evelyn Hulse and her husband were repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Born in Amoy, China in 1918. Aubrey James Hulse was an assistant master at Diocesan Boys' School. After the fall of Hong Kong, he and his wife were interned in Stanley Camp and later repatriated in 1942.

During WWII. he served in the U. S. Marine Corps in China and in the Asian theatre.

Obituary Memorial: https://www.llnl.gov/community-education/employee-retirement-resources/in-memoriam/aubrey-hulse

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Clarence Phillip Huber was an American seaman interned in Stanley Camp. The Hong Kong War Diary at: http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367491 mentions that he was a merchant sailor with the (American) President Line. He was repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Interned with her husband, Andrew Lusk Shields in Stanley Camp. Being a U. S. citizen, Aloha Ellison Shields was repatriated to the United States in 1942. 

In an article in The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury on 17 December 1943, Mrs. Shields paid tribute to the bravery of Hong Kong women during the war. See here 

Her husband, A. L. Shields remained in camp but died on 24 July 1944, aged 62.