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Oswald Jackson QUICK (aka Oz) [1915-1997]

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 08/25/2024 - 07:35

Rev. Oswald Jackson Quick or Rev. "Oz" was a Baptist missionary. He was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated in 1942.

In Prisoner of the Japs by Gwen Dew, he worked long hours in the camp kitchen and ensured there was sufficient boiled water for the internees. 

Rev. "Oz" continued his missionary work in Taiwan after the war.

Obituary/Memorial: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LT8X-CRC/oswald-jackson-quick-1915-1997

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John Walter POWELL [1908-1955]

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 08/25/2024 - 04:54

John Walter Powell was a representative of Texaco Oil Co in the Far East. In December 1941, he was travelling by boat from Tientsin (Tianjin) to Shanghai. However, his boat was unexpectedly called into Hong Kong. He arrived in the city on 7 December and remained stuck in Hong Kong after the Japanese invasion had begun. 

John Powell was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942. 

He returned to Hong Kong in 1947 and resumed work at Texaco.

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