Everything tagged: WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Date of birth & initial from John Black's list, which gives Mr McDermott's occupation in 1941 as "Photographer", and also has a note "Irish".

He isn't listed in the 1939 Blue Book or the 1941 Jurors List.

Wife of Herbert H Pommerenke.

Date of birth from the Biographical History at the Finding Aid to the Pommerenke family papers, online at:

http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=1…

She gives a brief description of her experiences in Hong Kong on page four of the Perry Herald, Perry, NY on 13 Jan 1943:

A Presbyterian Missionary, he was caught in Hong Kong in 1941 when the Japanese refused permission for him to return to the mission in Hainan:

Date of birth from John Black's list, which gives Mrs Carruthers's occupation in 1941 as "Aux Nursing Service".

Eric MacNider's diary mentions she was "former Matron of War Mem Nursing Home".

Mrs L. N. Winfield was the manageress of the Caravan Shop. She was the sister of Aileen and Doris Woods.

Source:

http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html

The Supplement to the London Gazette, 13 June 1946 records the award of her M.B.E.:

Miss Dorothy Phyllis GEEN, Colonial Nursing Service, Matron, Hong Kong Government Medical Department. For services during internment.

Her husband was C R Lee.

She accompanied the Japanese when they made their first "Peace Mission" from Kowloon to Hong Kong on the 13th Dec 1941, requesting the British surrender.

In Dec 1941 he was the Governor's Private Secretary.

Date of birth from comment below (John Black's list gives DoB as 1891).