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 Omaha, NB.
Shipping executive for American Trading Company, the American firm that owned the freighter Admiral Y.S. Williams, which was captured in drydock along with its all-American crew in December 1941 in Hong Kong. A U.S.
Two other New Zealand nurses were among the three thousand prisoners at Stanley Camp, Hong Kong.
Margaret North , a missionary nurse who had worked at Hangchow , was given permission to join the Military Nursing Service . At first she was destined for Singapore , but eventually arrived at Hong Kong in November 1941 . On Christmas Day Hong Kong capitulated, and for her splendid work during the preceding bombardment , Miss North became the only missionary nurse to receive the R.R.C. *
Maude Caroline Franks (née Braga)
Born, Hong Kong, 8 December 1898; died, Sydney, 18 October 1962, aged 63.
Artist
Her entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:
| Clare Mrs A | 66 | Widow |
Entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:
| Dobrjitsky Mrs L | 70 |
Entry on the 1942 list of civilian internees:
| Edwards Mrs G K | 29 | Auxiliary Nursing Service |
Notes from uptodat:
Entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:
| Cartwright Miss B D | 30 | Stenographer |
Sister of fellow internee Florence D. CARTWRIGHT (aka Flo).
