Previously worked for Dupont de Nemours in Shanghai. In Hong Kong in 1941. Interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated in 1942.
Source
1. The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury 24 September 1943
2. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7711-davidson-fay-leonard/
In 1941, William Thomas Costen was an Assistant Accountant with Standard Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd.. After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States.
After his return, he recounted "the horrors of war" in the Worcester Democrat newspaper in October 1942. See the following links:
Frances Charlotte Cooper was married to John Antony Cooper in Foochow. Both were interned at Stanley Camp.
Being American born, Mrs. Cooper was on the Gripsholm passenger list and repatriated to the United States in 1942. Her spouse being British remained at Stanley Camp.
Further information at: https://fergusontree.com/p138.htm#i4410
James Wilton Clague and his wife moved to Shanghai in about 1930. He later appears in Hong Kong in the 1939 Jurors List as a Passenger Agent for American President Lines. In 1940, Clague's wife and son were evacuated to the United States.
After the fall of Hong Kong, Clague was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.
Carlton Lynn Castle was a lecturer at Lingnan University's Western Languages Department. Lingnan had transferred to the University of Hong Kong during the Sino-Japanese hostilities.
Castle was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.
Source
1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7517-castle-carlton-lynn/
Cameron Arthur Carter and his wife, Mabel were American missionaries and Seventh-day Adventists. They sailed to China in 1922 and worked in different parts of the country during their long and illustrious career.
In August 1938, the Carters arrived in Hong Kong. Cameron A. Carter began working for the China Training Institute that had opened a temporary school in Sha Tin whilst a permanent school was being constructed in Clearwater Bay. In 1939, he became President of the new campus. In May 1941, Mabel and their daughter had left for the United States, leaving Carter behind.
Mary Carman was the wife of William Floyd Carman. Her spouse had been working for Marsman, Hong Kong, China Ltd., at the time of the Japanese invasion.
They were interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated with other Americans in 1942. Prior to departure on the voyage home on the Gripsholm, the couple reunited with their son who had arrived on the Conte Verde and had been studying in Shanghai when war broke out.
Mary Carman and her husband died together in January 1952 in an unfortunate accident of carbon monoxide poisoning in their New York City apartment.
W. F. Carman was Acting Managing Director of Marsman, Hong Kong, China Ltd., which had a contract with the Hong Kong Government to build air raid tunnels and shelters. He gave evidence at the A. R. P. Commission of Inquiry held in 1941.
He and his wife were interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated with other Americans in 1942. Prior to departure on the voyage home on the Gripsholm, the couple reunited with their son who had arrived on another exchange ship and been studying in Shanghai when war broke out.
Father Callan belonged to the Maryknoll Mission. He went to China in 1931 and was based in Guangdong Province. In the autumn of 1941, he became seriously ill and was hospitalized in Hong Kong. After the fall of Hong Kong, he was sent to Stanley Camp and later repatriated in 1942.
Obituary/Memorial: https://maryknollmissionarchives.org/deceased-fathers-bro/father-john-b-callan-mm/
Rev. William M. Burnside was a protestant missionary.
