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John Wheeler EDWARDS [1912-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 06/09/2024 - 13:30

The 1939 to 1941 Juror Lists have John Wheeler Edwards as an Assistant Manager working for Calif-Asia Co. Ltd..

After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated with other Americans to the United States in 1942.

Walter Ferdinand ARNDT (aka Jimmy) [1897-1943]

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 06/07/2024 - 15:56

Appears in the 1941 Jurors List with occupation listed as Chief Clerk of the American President Line (APL).

As mentioned in The Log, Volume 38 (November 1943), Arndt had been acting general agent for APL in Hong Kong at the time of the Japanese attack. After his repatriation in 1942, he returned to work for APL, based in San Francisco.  He was 46 years of age when he died.

 

Arthur F. ALLIE [1897-1955]

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 06/05/2024 - 10:13

Father Allie belonged to the Maryknoll Mission and was ordained on 16 June 1935. Not mentioned in the Maryknoll Mission Archives of when he arrived in Hong Kong. He appears to have been transferred to the Orient, likely to Korea, in about 1938. 

After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned at Stanley Camp. In camp, he held classes for prospective converts. In 1942, he was repatriated with other Americans to the United States.

In 1943, Father Allie moved to Guatemala to continue his missionary work.

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William George MCKIE [1903-????]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 02/28/2024 - 10:47

Appears in Jurors Lists, 1939-41:

c   McKie William George Clerk Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. of Hong Kong

Compton DeMetselaer WISEMAN [1918-1958]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 01/15/2024 - 02:48

Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Interned at Stanley, where he worked in the camp kitchen.  Repatriated in August 1942.  From Whitehouse, New Jersey.  After repatriation, joined OSS and deployed to the China-Burma-India theater.  Wife Eileen Barry Wiseman.  Parents William Wiseman and Ethel Compton Wiseman.