Everything tagged: United States

Margaret Ann Brachtesende was better known as Sister Mary Amata. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and arrived in Hong Kong in 1937.

In December 1941, she resided in the convent in Holy Spirit School on Caine Road. After the fall of Hong Kong, the Sisters at the convent worked at Queen Mary Hospital to help care for the wounded. On 21 January 1942, Sister Mary Amata and her group of Sisters from Hong Kong Island were interned at Stanley Camp.

Sister Mary Amata was released from camp in June 1942 and repatriated to the United States. 

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John William Shannon was an executive of Standard Vacuum Oil Co.. He was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

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1. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367492

Richard Sanger was a long time resident of Hong Kong and appears in the 1941 Jurors List working as manager of Standard Vacuum Oil Co..

He was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated in 1942.

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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9578-sanger-richard/

Gladys Saile went to China around 1931. She was an executive for an American airplane manufacturer based in Shanghai. The company had a plant in China for making planes for the Chinese government.

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

Obituary/Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206494877/gladys-saile

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Julius Rottenberg was in the yarn, tapestry and wool business in New York. He was an importer of such merchandise from China and was in Hong Kong on a business visit when the Japanese invasion began. Rottenberg was later interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

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1. The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury

Leona Roschinsky later renamed Leona Ross was a missionary who served the South China Boat Mission in Canton (Guangzhou). By 1916, she had already arrived in China.

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

John Fletcher Richmond appears in the 1941 Jurors List as an assistant (accounts department) working for Standard Vacuum Oil Co.. He was interned with his wife at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9458-richmond-john-fletcher/

Wife of Calvin Henry Reber, a Methodist missionary and professor in theology. Her husband, baby daughter and herself were interned at Stanley Camp after the fall of Hong Kong. They were repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Calvin Henry Reber was a Methodist missionary and professor in theology. He was in South China between 1939 and 1942 and from 1946 to 1951. He and his family were interned at Stanley Camp after the fall of Hong Kong. They were repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Obituary/Memorial: https://memorials.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com/calvin-reber/1151772/obituary.php

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Father Joseph Michael Reardon was a Maryknoll missionary. He was ordained on 14 June 1938 and later assigned to South China.

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

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1.  https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9408-reardon-joseph-michael/