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Valleria Dora Greene Rankin was a Southern Baptist missionary whose life reflected the multigenerational Greene–Rankin commitment to Christian work in South China. 

Valleria (Vallie) Page Greene was a Southern Baptist missionary to China whose long service in Canton helped shape women’s education and evangelistic work in South China. 

Born in North Carolina, in 1866, she was educated at Oxford Seminary, completing her studies in 1886.

George William Greene, Sr, was an American Baptist missionary educator, born in Canton, China, in 1894 to missionary parents. 

He received his early education in the United States, graduating from Mars Hill College in 1912 and Wake Forest College in 1916.

George Washington Greene was a Baptist minister, educator, and missionary to China. 

Reverend Albert Van Etten and his wife Florence were American Presbyterian missionaries stationed in South China, specifically Linchow (Lianzhou), during the 1930s. They served with the South China Mission. 

Phoebe Holmes was born in Michigan, USA, in 1891. As a teenager, she found her faith through the Salvation Army, an experience that set her on a lifelong path of Christian service. 

Dates of birth and death taken from the notes to a photo of Jack and his brother George as children: https://hpcbristol.net/visual/Po01-066

Jack served as a Lieutenant with the HKRNVR in WW2. The Hongkong War Diary website lists him as part of the crew of the Auxiliary Patrol Vessel Minnie.

He is mentioned in a list of POWs: