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Raymond Phillip Harman was a staff member of United China Relief. He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated with other Americans to the United States in 1942.

Dr. Hilmar Florenz Sommers was a leading American dentist residing in Hong Kong. He was married but his wife had left Hong Kong on the "Clipper" prior to the Japanese invasion. She was associated with the International Women's Club.

Dr. Sommers was interned in Stanley Camp. During his incarceration, he had undergone a major operation at the hands of two British surgeons, Dr. E. Kirk and Dr. Kenneth Digby, both were fellow internees. Dr. Sommers was repatriated to the United States in 1942. 

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Edward Dean Shank was a long time Hong Kong resident. In 1921, Edward and his brothers, Carl and Charles formed the Hong Kong Excavation Pile Driving and Construction Co. Ltd.. In 1922, Edward Dean Shank was added to the list of Authorized Architects. One of the projects the Company built was the Kowloon Tong "Garden City" Estate. Further information about the Company at: https://industrialhistoryhk.org/the-hong-kong-excavation-pile-driving-construction-company-ltd/

Mrs. Esther O. Grant. Interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the Unites States in 1942.

Charlotte Day Gower or Charlotte Day Chapman was also known as Charlotte Gower Chapman. She was a noted academic and ethnologist. In 1938, she headed the Anthropology Department of Lingnan University in Canton (Guangzhou) and also served as Dean of Women.

During the siege of Canton, Gower served as a volunteer at the refugee hospital that was set up on the university campus. She later assisted the Red Cross in distributing medicine, food supplies and clothing. Gower moved to Hong Kong in 1939 when Lingnan University relocated to the University of Hong Kong.

Kathleen Gourdin was born in Hong Kong and  came from a large prominent family headed by her father, Allston O'Driscoll Gourdin As her father was born in the United States, Kathleen Gourdin was a U. S. citizen and thus was interned at Stanley Camp. She was repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Source: Carl Smith Card No. 103963 on Kathleen Gourdin

Austin Otis Glass, formerly of Standard Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd., at Haiphong, French Indo-China. Retired in 1937 and lived in Indo-China until November 1941. He then came to Hong Kong to await passage back to the United States but became trapped here during the Japanese invasion. 

He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States on the exchange vessel, Gripsholm arriving on 25 August 1942.

Sylvia Annette Gates' father was a Presbyterian missionary in Hong Kong. After the fall of Hong Kong, the family was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

William Edwards Gates' father was a Presbyterian missionary in Hong Kong. After the fall of Hong Kong,  the family was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Memorial: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/canoga-park-ca/william-gates-10300310

Wife of  Presbyterian missionary, Milton Halsted Gates 

In 1941 and during the Battle of Hong Kong, they 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