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Son of missionary parents, Nell and Abel Walker Hall who pioneered a church in Tai Po Market. Born in Hong Kong in 1941 and only six weeks old at the time of the Japanese invasion.
After Hong Kong had fallen, the Halls were interned in one room in the Kowloon Hotel together with the Park family, who were also missionaries, prior to their removal to Stanley Internment Camp. The Hall family was repatriated to the United States in 1942.
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Son of missionary parents, Nell and Abel Walker Hall who pioneered a church in Tai Po Market. Born in Hong Kong in 1938.
After Hong Kong had fallen, the Halls were interned in one room in the Kowloon Hotel together with the Park family, who were also missionaries, prior to their removal to Stanley Internment Camp. The Hall family was repatriated to the United States in 1942.
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Born to Alice and Charles Martin Larson in Canton, China in 1927. His father worked for the Standard Vacuum and Oil Company at Lai Chi Kok.
The Larson family was interned in Stanley Internment Camp in 1942 and later repatriated to the United States. Their arrival on the Gripsholm was recorded in The Daily News Times, Neenah, Menasha, Wisconsin here
Alice Seyer Larson was born in Fujian, China. She was of German-Scot and Chinese descent as indicated on the Gripsholm passenger list. Alice married Charlies Martin Larson in 1924 in Fujian, China. He worked for the Standard Vaccum Oil Company's installation at Lai Chi Kok.
Known as J. Arthur Duff or Arthur Duff. His papers and documents reside at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt258032d8/entire_text/
Steward in the galley of the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941. Served as a volunteer truck driver during battle for Hong Kong. Killed by sniper fire or machine-gun fire while trucking cargo on December 25, 1941. From Los Angeles/San Pedro, California.
Able-Bodied Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941. Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941. Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp. From San Francisco.
Chief Engineer aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941. Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941. Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp. Died on February 17 or 18, 1945, and buried in Bowen Cemetery, Hong Kong. Jewish, from San Francisco, three siblings.
Oiler in the engine room of the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941. Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941. Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp. From Los Angeles. Postwar, buried in Honolulu National Cemetery.
Oiler in the engine room of the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941. Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941. Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp. Died of heart failure, with malnutrition and dysentery likely contributing factors.