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Michael J. HOGAN [1886-1966]

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Father Michael J. Hogan served the Maryknoll Mission. He went to China in 1923 and was assigned to the Kongmoon (Jiangmen) mission in Kwangtung (Guangdong). Later he was transferred to Hong Kong due to rising Sino-Japanese hostilities in Guangdong. 

After the fall of Hong Kong, he was arrested by the Japanese in the Maryknoll Mission in Stanley and later interned at Stanley Camp. Father Hogan was repatriated with other Americans in 1942.

Clyde Henry HERNDON [1906-????]

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Rev. Clyde Henry Herndon was an American missionary. Herndon, his wife and young son left Vancouver in 1934 for China to work and serve in the Pentecostal Holiness Mission in Pakhoi (Beihai), Guangdong.  Due to the Sino-Japanese hostilities, his wife and son left China in 1939. 

Ernest Rea HEARTHER [1906-????]

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Ernest Rea Hearther appears in the 1936 Jurors List and thereafter as working for the Dollar Steamship Line. Interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Raymond Phillip HARMAN [1920- ]

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Raymond Phillip Harman was a staff member of United China Relief. He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated with other Americans to the United States in 1942.

Hilmar Florenz SOMMERS [1881-????]

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Dr. Hilmar Florenz Sommers was a leading American dentist residing in Hong Kong. He was married but his wife had left Hong Kong on the "Clipper" prior to the Japanese invasion. She was associated with the International Women's Club.

Dr. Sommers was interned in Stanley Camp. During his incarceration, he had undergone a major operation at the hands of two British surgeons, Dr. E. Kirk and Dr. Kenneth Digby, both were fellow internees. Dr. Sommers was repatriated to the United States in 1942. 

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