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Ralph Dustin BULLOCK [1892-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 06/22/2024 - 01:51

Rev. Ralph Dustin Bullock was an American interdenominational missionary and pastor. He arrived in Hong Kong in the 1930s and was connected to several churches and also supervised a bible school. Rev. Bullock wrote articles and newsletters and for the "Oriental Pentecost", a magazine devoted to the Pentecostal Church in South China.

Jane Bartlett BROWNELL (née MENUT) [1886-1977]

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 13:44

Jane Bartlett Menut and her husband, Professor Henry Chase Brownell had been connected with Lingnan University in Canton (Guangzhou) since 1908. Their association with the University continued into post-war. Her husband was Professor of History and also the Dean of Men whilst she served as the Dean of Women. 

Henry Chase BROWNELL [1887-1970]

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 13:08

Professor Henry Chase Brownell and his wife, Jane Bartlett Menut had been connected with Lingnan University in Canton (Guangzhou) since 1908. Their association with the University continued into post-war. H. C. Brownell taught history and was also the Dean of Men whilst his wife served as the Dean of Women. 

Nathan Falcon BREWER [1891-1959]

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 06:53

Nathan F. Brewer was an American missionary of the Seventh-day Adventist Denomination. He and his wife were sent to China and by 1916 were serving the mission in Nanking (Nanjing).

N. F. Brewer was also the former president of the China Division of Adventists and was visiting Hong Kong at the time of the Japanese attack. He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated with other Americans in 1942.

John Sherwin BRENNEMAN [1908-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 01:14

Former China resident, John Sherwin Brenneman (Texas Co., China Ltd.) was repatriated on the first exchange voyage of the Gripsholm after internment in Shanghai and Hong Kong. In 1944, Brenneman was with California Texas Oil Co., Ltd., in New York City.

Source

1. The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury (based in New York) on 24 March 1944: https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11033152_002/ldpd_11033152_002/page/94/mode/2up

Gilmore Garland BRADFORD [1898-1984]

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 06/21/2024 - 00:15

In 1935, Bradford was appointed manager for Frigidaire in China and made his base in Shanghai. In 1939, he moved to Tientsin and worked for General Motors. With war raging on in China, Bradford returned to the United States in 1940. Inexplicably, he returned to Asia and this time to Hong Kong in October 1941.

Bradord was interned in Stanley Camp and later repatriated with other Americans in 1942.

Obituary/Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120181412/gilmore-garland-bradford

Arthur J. BENSON [1887-1957]

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:01

Born James Benson but was known as Father Arthur J. Benson, C. P.. He was a Roman Catholic priest of the Passionist Order and had come to China in 1923 and later assigned as the Mission Procurator in Shanghai.

George E. BAXTER [1890-1944]

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 06/18/2024 - 06:47

George E. Baxter was the Hong Kong Bureau Manager of United Press. In 1942, Baxter was interned in Stanley Camp. His wife, Inez M. Baxter was trapped in Shanghai and interned in Chapei Camp.