Everything tagged: WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Sarah Gemmell Morrison was appointed nursing sister of the Medical Department on 12 August 1927. She appears to have been known as "Sally".

She married George Merriman, Revenue Officer of the Imports and Exports Department at Union Church on 31 August 1935. They had their honeymoon in Japan.

In 1939, she was employed as a Temporary Nursing Sister in the Medical Department. She was also a member of the Auxiliary Nursing Service. The Hong Kong War Diary mentioned that she was stationed at St. Paul's Hospital during the Battle of Hong Kong.

Frances Vera Stroud was a secretary to the H. M. Trade Commissioner. She was better known as "Vera". 

She was also in the Nursing Detachment of the HKVDC. On her POW Card, she was a nurse with designation "ND108". In the Hong Kong War Diary, a nurse with the same designation was named "A. Vera F. Simpson". Not sure if her initials were transposed.

Frederick Ezekiel Ellis was a retired stockbroker.

He came from a large family and was interned in Stanley Camp together with his sisters, Leontine, Sophie and Grace

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Sophie Ellis was a cafe owner. 

Sophie came from a large family. Together with her sisters, Leontine and Grace, they enlisted in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment. After the fall of Hong Kong, the sisters and their brother, Frederick Ellis were interned at Stanley Camp.

Sophie and members of the Ellis family were repatriated to England after the Japanese surrender. Sophie and Grace returned to Hong Kong in 1947.

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In 1941 Grace Ellis was the proprietress of the Chantecler Restaurant on G/F, 172-176 Nathan Road. 

Grace Ellis came from a large family. Together with her sisters, Leontine and Sophie, they enlisted in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment. After the fall of Hong Kong, the sisters and their brother, Frederick Ellis were interned at Stanley Camp.

Daisy Elizabeth Minnie Stainton (née Wilson) was a nursing sister at Queen Mary Hospital. She joined the civil service in 1937.

She married Thomas Fletcher Stainton at St. John's Cathedral on 23 July 1940. 

After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp.

Mrs Olga Ferrier’s name appears on a list, compiled by “moddsey” and posted on Gwulo on 9-9-2014, of “personnel who have completed 96 hours of hospital training for qualification as an Auxiliary Nursing Service Nurse – Hong Kong Daily Press 3 July 1941.”

ANS Nurse Olga Ferrier was married to W/O Vivian Ferrier of the HKRNVR.

During the hostilities Nurse Olga Ferrier served with the ANS at Queen Mary Hospital.

Following the ceasefire Mrs Olga Ferrier was interned at Stanley.

Marjorie Dobson was a nursing sister at the War Memorial Nursing Home and in the HKVDC, Nursing Detachment.

She married Frank Buckle, chief instructor in engineering of the Government Trade School and Engineer/Lieutenant in the HKRNVR at the Peak Church on 18 April 1941.

After the fall of Hong Kong, her husband was interned as a Prisoner-of-War while she was sent to Stanley Camp.