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Lydia Mary ARMOUR [????-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 12/22/2024 - 03:13

Lydia Mary Armour's occupation was given as masseuse in the link below. There was a "Lydia Mary Siggins" working for the Medical Department from 1928 as a masseuse. Not sure if Siggins was her maiden name.

During the Battle of Hong Kong, Lydia Mary Armour was working at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp.

Source

1. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367486

Jean SHELDON [c.1899-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 12/21/2024 - 19:15

Jean Sheldon was the wife of Magistrate, Harold George Sheldon. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was a Hospital Supervisor at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp.

A. E. Shields paid tribute to Jean Sheldon for her kindheartedness after Mrs. Shields was repatriated to the USA in 1942.  See here 

Source

Mary Cecily BARBER (née BEDFORD, aka Molly) [c.1904-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 12/21/2024 - 05:31

Mary Cecily Barber (nee Bedford) was a teacher at Diocesan Girl's School. The Directory & Chronicle for 1940 here shows her name as Miss M. C. Bedford as staff of DGS.

DGS records give her name as Barber (Bedford) Molly and work record as 1924-1941 and 1947-1948. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked as a kitchen supervisor at La Salle Relief Hospital.

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Jeanne MOQUIN (aka Sister St. Jean de l’Eucharistie) [????-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 12/19/2024 - 06:45

Sister St. Jean de l’Eucharistie was a nun and teacher who belonged to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp. Sister St. Jean de l’Eucharistie was released with four other Sisters in December 1942 and arrived in Canton on 18 December.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9039-moquin-jeanne/

Anna BOURBEAU (aka Sister Marie du St. Sacrement) [????-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 12/19/2024 - 02:57

Sister Marie du St. Sacrement was a nun and teacher who belonged to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp. Sister Marie du St. Sacrement was released with four other Sisters in December 1942 and arrived in Canton on 18 December.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7354-bourbeau-anna/

Josephine BOLDUC (aka Sister Marie des Victoires) [????-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 12/18/2024 - 07:07

Sister Marie des Victoires was a nun and teacher who belonged to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp. Sister Marie des Victoires was released with four other Sisters in December 1942 and arrived in Canton on 18 December.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7336-bolduc-josephine/