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American missionaries Gustaf Rheingold Erickson and his wife, Ruth Erickson set sail for China in October 1939 to serve the Evangelical Free Church in Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong. At the end of October 1940, they were residing in Cheung Chau, House No. 4 awaiting the birth of their child. Daughter, Dorothy Ann was born on 24 November 1940.

The family was present in Hong Kong during its capitulation in December 1941 and later interned in Stanley Camp. They were repatriated with other Americans in 1942.

Peter James Elder appears in the 1940 and 1941 Juror Lists as an Assistant in the Union Insurance Society of Canton Co. Ltd..

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

A long time Hong Kong resident. Appears in the 1920 Jurors List onwards as working for Standard Vaccum Oil Co. Ltd..

After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned in Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

In the 1938 Jurors List, Felix Frederick Arthur Dunnett worked as a clerk for Lowe, Bingham & Matthews. He married  an American woman, Jennie Paula White whose father, Claude Ellsworth White is mentioned here. The Dunnetts had a son, Michael born in November 1940.

18 months old, one of the younger ones on the Gripsholm. 

Source: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10002-82636859/michael-f-dunnett-in-us-social-security-death-index-ssdi?tr_id=m_fms7bll1ce_9uj81x17o2

Marion Dudley began her social work career in the YMCA in 1917. She came to Hong Kong in 1927 to work for the YWCA till 1931 and then returned to China again in 1938. In 1941, she was the advisory secretary for the YWCA in South China. Marion Dudley was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States the following year.

Flora Dodson was an American missionary who served in China and Hong Kong under the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board. She began her missionary and educational work in Canton (Guangdong), China in Pooi To Girls' School. In 1926, Flora Dodson became the  School's principal. Later, she came to Hong Kong to continue her bible teaching and educational work.

Leiter L. Baker appears in the 1941 Jurors List as an Inspector in the Arnhold Trading Co., Ltd. He was interned and repatriated with other Americans in 1942. He returned to Hong Kong and reappears in the 1947 Jurors List as Leiter Lee Baker working for the same company. 

Obituary/Memorial:

Leiter L. Baker, 80, died 18 September at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington. He was buried in the National Cemetery, Culpepper, on 21 September.

Previously worked for Dupont de Nemours in Shanghai. In Hong Kong in 1941. Interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated in 1942.

Source

1. The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury 24 September 1943

2. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7711-davidson-fay-leonard/

In 1941, William Thomas Costen was an Assistant Accountant with Standard Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd.. After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States.

After his return, he recounted "the horrors of war" in the Worcester Democrat newspaper in October 1942. See the following links: