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In a list of those held at the Tai Koon Hotel in January 1942 she's described as a 40 year old American tourist previously residing at 555, The Peak.

John Morton stayed out of Stanley during the Japanese occupation to drive delivery vehicles for that part of the Medical Department that continued to work in town. He was repatatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm and played a leading role in the smuggling of the complete accounts of the HKSBC's last day of operation.

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American missionary and teacher. He, his wife Sally, and family were interned in Stanley and repatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm.

John Joseph Toomey was a Jesuit father, ordained on June 10, 1922. In 1941 he was appointed Procurator and Local Superior of the Maryknoll house at Stanley.

During the December 1941 hostilities he several times risked his life to care for wounded soldiers. He was interned at Stanley, released with the other Maryknollers on September 12, 1942, and eventually made his way to India.

Sally Refo was a Presbyterian missionary and teacher.

She was interned in Stanley and repatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm with her husband Henry and four children.

Robert Henry spent many years on missionary work in China. He was a Doctor of Divinity.

During the December 1941 hostilities he volunteered as a driver and he continued to drive for the skeleton medical/public health service after the surrender. He was probably repatriated in late June 1942.

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http://gwulo.com/node/13876

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009154116;view=1up;seq=279

Note:

In 1913 he joined the Chinese Maritime Customs, a service he remained with until the war.

During the December 1941 hostilities he was a volunteer driver taking first aid to both civilians and military. After the surrender, he continued as a driver for the uninterned medical and health workers so was never in Stanley.

He was repatriated on the Asama Maru/Gripsholm and resumed his work for the Chinese Nationalist authorities in Washington, D. C.

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