Jean Sheldon was the wife of Magistrate, Harold George Sheldon. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was a Hospital Supervisor at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp.
A. E. Shields paid tribute to Jean Sheldon for her kindheartedness after Mrs. Shields was repatriated to the USA in 1942. See here
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Eileen Vera Monks was a teacher at Diocesan Girls' School. She joined DGS in 1940. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9032-monks-eileen-vera/
2. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/uniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367292
Sister St. Jean de l’Eucharistie was a nun and teacher who belonged to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp. Sister St. Jean de l’Eucharistie was released with four other Sisters in December 1942 and arrived in Canton on 18 December.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9039-moquin-jeanne/
Sister Marie du St. Sacrement was a nun and teacher who belonged to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp. Sister Marie du St. Sacrement was released with four other Sisters in December 1942 and arrived in Canton on 18 December.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7354-bourbeau-anna/
Sister Marie des Victoires was a nun and teacher who belonged to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp. Sister Marie des Victoires was released with four other Sisters in December 1942 and arrived in Canton on 18 December.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7336-bolduc-josephine/
Norah Marion Wentworth was a teacher of long tenure at Diocesan Girls' School commencing from 1920. She was also with the Auxiliary Nursing Service. During the Battle of Hong Kong, Norah Wentworth worked at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp.
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1. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/uniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367292
Wilhelmina E Williamson was a missionary and teacher. Appears to have arrived in Hong Kong in the 1930s. She joined St. Stephen's Girl's College.
After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/10153-williamson-wilhelmina-e/
Dorothy Mary Shilston was a missionary and teacher. She arrived in Canton in 1929 and the following year was appointed teacher at Ying Wa Girls' School.
After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp. Postwar, Dorothy Shilston acted in a temporary capacity as headmistress of Ying Wa Girls' School after its reopening in October 1945.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9659-shilston-dorothy-mary/
Vera Silcocks arrived in Hong Kong in 1927. She was a missionary and teacher at Ying Wa Girls' School and became the School's headmistress in 1939. After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp.
She retired in 1967 after 40 years of service with the School. To celebrate the School's 105th anniversary in 2005, a DVD was released regarding her life and long service.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9669-silcocks-vera-dorothy-alexandra/
Irene May Blanchett was the daughter of Revd. Charles Isaac Blanchett and Ann (Annie) Walsh, C.M.S. missionaries based in South China. She was the younger sister to Hannah Gertrude Wittenbach (née Blanchett).
She was born about 1911/12 and appears to have been better known as Maysie Blanchett.
