Harry Herman Morse was the secretary-cum-treasurer of the South China Mission of the Seventh-Day Adventists. He was present in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion and later interned at Stanley Camp. Harry Morse was repatriated with other Americans to the United States in 1942 and was interviewed by the Evening Star newspaper upon arrival. An interesting read in the link below.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9067-morse-harry-herman/
Ljubo Ecio Mladinich was an executive of Standard Brand Foods based in Manila. He was present in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion and was interned at Stanley Camp. He was repatriated to the United States in 1942.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9027-mladinich-ljubo-ecio/
Albert Magnus Miller appeared in the 1927/28 Juror Lists as a port captain working for Admiral Orient Line. He also appeared on the wartime American and British lists of internees at Stanley Camp. Occupation given was master mariner.
In Prisoner of the Japs, Gwen Dew mentions "I remember watching Captain Albert Miller, sixty-seven years old, who began working each day at five a.m. to have sterilized water ready for the Americans when they rose." This gives an approximate indication of his year of birth as being around 1873/74.
Father Michael J. McKeirnan was a Maryknoll missionary. His surname is often misspelt as "McKiernan". He was ordained on 22 June 1941 and assigned to Wuchow (Wuzhou), China. Father McKeirnan and his group of newly ordained priests had arrived in Hong Kong just before the Japanese invasion and became trapped in the city and not able to proceed to their inland missions. (Father McKeirnan mentioned in a field trip made to Maryknoll House on 8 December 1984, that he had arrived in Hong Kong on a "Pan Am Flying Clipper" the night before Pearl Harbour was attacked).
Father Michael R. Gaiero was a Maryknoll missionary. He was ordained on 22 June 1941 and assigned to Kweilin (Guilin), China. He and his group of newly ordained priests had arrived in Hong Kong just before the Japanese invasion and became trapped in the city and not able to proceed to their inland missions.
Father Michael H. O'Connell was a Maryknoll missionary. He was ordained on 22 June 1941 and assigned to Kweilin (Guilin), China. He and his group of newly ordained priests had arrived in Hong Kong just before the Japanese invasion and became trapped in the city and not able to proceed to their inland missions.
Father Anthony Leonard Madison served the Maryknoll Mission. He was nicknamed "Tarzan" because of his 6 feet 4 inches height. He was ordained on 22 June 1941 and assigned to Kaying, Kwangtung (Meizhou/Meixian, Guangdong). Father Madison and his group of newly ordained priests had arrived in Hong Kong just before the Japanese invasion and became trapped in the city and not able to proceed to their inland missions.
John P. Tackney was an Irish-born Maryknoll missionary. He was ordained on 22 June 1941 and assigned to Kweilin (Guilin), China. He and his group of newly ordained priests had arrived in Hong Kong just before the Japanese invasion and became trapped in the city and not able to proceed to their inland missions.
Margaret Mary Cunningham was better known as Sister Henrietta Marie. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and was sent to China in October 1936 to the Kongmoon (Jiangmen) mission, Guangdong for language study. However, in January 1937 likely due to her teaching background, she was quickly reassigned duties as a kindergarten and primary school teacher in the Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon Tong.
