Everything tagged: WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

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.

Father George H Bauer served the Maryknoll Mission in Kongmoon (Jiangmen), Kwantung (Guangdong), China. He went to China in 1925.

In 1942, Father Bauer was interned in Stanley Camp and later repatriated. He returned to China after the war and left at the end of 1950 back to the United States. Father Bauer died in 1973.

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1. Maryknoll Mission Archives: https://maryknollmissionarchives.org/deceased-fathers-bro/father-george-h-bauer-mm/

Jean M. Barr was an American missionary and a registered nurse serving the leper colony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Loting, Kwangtung (Luoding, Guangdong), China.

During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was stationed at La Salle Relief Hospital. After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated with other Americans in 1942. In 1955, she married Wilber Raymond McWhinney. Jean M. Barr died in 1982.

Attaway retired as Chief Petty Officer and served in the United States Navy from 1912 to 15 January 1929 when he was transferred to the Naval Reserve. He was at that time stationed in Hong Kong.

Attaway married in China in 1932 and adopted an orphaned baby in 1935. It appears Attaway had been living in either Hong Kong or China during the Japanese invasion as he was interned in Stanley Camp and later repatriated in 1942.

Gordon Edward Frisque was the Manager of Eastman Kodak Co.. He appears in the Jurors List from 1939 onwards.

Frisque arrived in Hong Kong around 1931, the youngest ever representative to be sent out by Kodak at that time to manage a foreign office. In 1934, he went back to the U. S. to get married and returned to Hong Kong later with his wife. Prior to the Japanese invasion, his wife and son were evacuated, leaving Frisque alone in Hong Kong.

Not much is known. He was formerly a Captain in the U.S. Army but retired in 1931.

Manthey was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated in 1942. His arrival on the Gripsholm was recorded in The Daily News Times, Neenah, Menasha, Wisconsin here

Son of missionary parents, Nell and Abel Walker Hall who pioneered a church in Tai Po Market. Born in Hong Kong in 1941 and only six weeks old at the time of the Japanese invasion.

After Hong Kong had fallen, the Halls were interned in one room in the Kowloon Hotel together with the Park family, who were also missionaries, prior to their removal to Stanley Internment Camp. The Hall family was repatriated to the United States in 1942.

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Son of missionary parents, Nell and Abel Walker Hall who pioneered a church in Tai Po Market. Born in Hong Kong in 1938.

After Hong Kong had fallen, the Halls were interned in one room in the Kowloon Hotel together with the Park family, who were also missionaries, prior to their removal to Stanley Internment Camp. The Hall family was repatriated to the United States in 1942.

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Born to Alice and Charles Martin Larson in Canton, China in 1927. His father worked for the Standard Vacuum and Oil Company at Lai Chi Kok.

The Larson family was interned in Stanley Internment Camp in 1942 and later repatriated to the United States. Their arrival on the Gripsholm was recorded in The Daily News Times, Neenah, Menasha, Wisconsin here

Born to Alice and Charles Martin Larson in Hong Kong in 1934. His father worked for the Standard Vacuum and Oil Company at Lai Chi Kok.

The Larson family was interned in Stanley Internment Camp in 1942 and later repatriated to the United States. Their arrival on the Gripsholm was recorded in The Daily News Times, Neenah, Menasha, Wisconsin here

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