Everything tagged: WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Charlotte Day Gower or Charlotte Day Chapman was also known as Charlotte Gower Chapman. She was a noted academic and ethnologist. In 1938, she headed the Anthropology Department of Lingnan University in Canton (Guangzhou) and also served as Dean of Women.

During the siege of Canton, Gower served as a volunteer at the refugee hospital that was set up on the university campus. She later assisted the Red Cross in distributing medicine, food supplies and clothing. Gower moved to Hong Kong in 1939 when Lingnan University relocated to the University of Hong Kong.

Kathleen Gourdin was born in Hong Kong and  came from a large prominent family headed by her father, Allston O'Driscoll Gourdin As her father was born in the United States, Kathleen Gourdin was a U. S. citizen and thus was interned at Stanley Camp. She was repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Source: Carl Smith Card No. 103963 on Kathleen Gourdin

Wife of Dr. Allston Gourdin. Her middle name may have been Ruth as she appears to have been known better by this name. Interned in Stanley Camp with her husband and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Dr. Allston Gourdin was a medical doctor born in Hong Kong. He came from a large prominent family headed by his father, Allston O'Driscoll Gourdin As his father was born in the United States, Dr. Gourdin was a U. S. citizen and thus was interned at Stanley Camp.

Austin Otis Glass, formerly of Standard Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd., at Haiphong, French Indo-China. Retired in 1937 and lived in Indo-China until November 1941. He then came to Hong Kong to await passage back to the United States but became trapped here during the Japanese invasion. 

He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States on the exchange vessel, Gripsholm arriving on 25 August 1942.

Daniel Halsted Gates' father was a Presbyterian missionary in Hong Kong. He was born during the Battle of Hong Kong on 15 December 1941 at Matilda Relief Hospital, ten days before Hong Kong's surrender.

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

The family was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Sylvia Annette Gates' father was a Presbyterian missionary in Hong Kong. After the fall of Hong Kong, the family was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

William Edwards Gates' father was a Presbyterian missionary in Hong Kong. After the fall of Hong Kong,  the family was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Memorial: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/canoga-park-ca/william-gates-10300310

Wife of  Presbyterian missionary, Milton Halsted Gates 

In 1941 and during the Battle of Hong Kong, they were expecting their third child. The family appear to have been residing at Cheung Chau at the time. Their new born son was welcomed on 15 December 1941 at Matilda Relief Hospital. 

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

Milton Halsted Gates was a Presbyterian missionary and better known as M Halsted Gates. In the late 1930s, Gates, his wife, Wanda and two children were residing in Dallas, Texas. Before relocating to South China in September 1940, Gates had been studying at the Dallas Theological Seminary. 

In 1941 and during the Battle of Hong Kong, Gates and his wife were expecting their third child. The family appear to have been residing at Cheung Chau at the time. Their new born son was welcomed on 15 December 1941 at Matilda Relief Hospital.