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Faith Mary SNUGGS [1898-1990]

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 12/28/2024 - 03:41

Faith Mary Snuggs was a Baptist missionary teacher. She came from a missionary family and served in South China and Hong Kong. 

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.

Faith M. Snuggs' name/signature appears under "La Salle College" (La Salle Relief Hospital) on the right on the "Day Joyce Sheet" held by the Imperial War Museum. 

Edith May BEGLEY (née DOHERTY) [1901-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 12/24/2024 - 10:04

Edith May Begley was a Salvation Army missionary. She was married to Major Colin Keith Henry Begley of the Salvation Army. They arrived in Hong Kong in 1941. Major Begley came to take charge of the Salvation Army's relief work in Hong Kong and South China and later administer the communal feeding centres that were set up by the government.

She joined the Auxiliary Nursing Service after her arrival. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was stationed at La Salle Relief Hospital.

Jean SHELDON [c.1899-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 12/21/2024 - 19:15

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 

Source

Jeanne MOQUIN (aka Sister St. Jean de l’Eucharistie) [????-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 12/19/2024 - 06:45

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.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9039-moquin-jeanne/

Anna BOURBEAU (aka Sister Marie du St. Sacrement) [????-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 12/19/2024 - 02:57

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.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7354-bourbeau-anna/

Josephine BOLDUC (aka Sister Marie des Victoires) [????-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 12/18/2024 - 07:07

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.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7336-bolduc-josephine/

Dorothy Mary SHILSTON [c.1900-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 02:02

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.

Source

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9659-shilston-dorothy-mary/