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Adelaide VAN DE VEERE (née LAMB, aka Bobby) [1893-1973]

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Mrs. Adelaide Van de Veere, formerly a resident of Shanghai arrived in Hong Kong in November 1937. In Prisoner of the Japs, Gwen Dew described Adelaide Van de Veere (aka Bobby) as a "clever saleslady". The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury mentioned that she formerly worked at the Sea Captain's Shop (location not given).

Whilst in Hong Kong, she qualified to be an ANS Nurse. Hong Kong Daily Press 30 October 1940 refers.

Jack Aitchison THOMAS [1903-????]

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Jack Aitchison Thomas appears in the 1941 Jurors List as a police guard (watchman) employed by Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd.

He was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Wllliam Tillinghast STANTON [1899-1974]

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William Tillinghast (spelt Tellinghast in the Jurors List) Stanton appears in the 1941 Jurors List as an exchange broker. 

He was interned with his wife at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

1. The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45 by Phillip Cracknell. See here