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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 other Sisters in December 1942 and moved to Canton.
Source
1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7336-bolduc-josephine/
Georgina Blandford was formerly a stenographer with Hong Kong Kowloon & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd.. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked as a member of the kitchen staff at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned at Stanley Camp.
Source
1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7328-blandford-georgina-m/
Pamela Mavis Crofton was the daughter of Christopher Crofton. She was formerly a typist.
During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked as a member of the kitchen staff at La Salle Relief Hospital. She was later interned with her family at Stanley Camp
Source
1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7657-crofton-pamela-mavis/
Norah Marion Wentworth was a teacher of long tenure at Diocesan Girls' School. 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.
Source
1. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/uniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367292
Brother John Joseph Peters was known as Brother Cornelius Peters, FSC, and served the Brothers of the Christian Schools - La Salle (De La Salle Brothers). He arrived in Hong Kong in 1940 and taught at St. Joseph's College.
Brother Cornelius was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.
Source
1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9290-peters-john-joseph/
| Hong Kong War Diary | |
| Uniformed Civilians - Auxiliary Medical Corps (La Salle Relief Hospital) : | |
| Ho, Miss Helen, eldest sister | (何婉衡 / 何婉衍) |
| Ho, Miss Kathleen, Kitchen Staff, second elder sister | (何婉昆) |
| Hong Kong War Diary | |
| Uniformed Civilians - Auxiliary Medical Corps (La Salle Relief Hospital) : | |
| Ho, Miss Helen, eldest sister | (何婉衡 / 何婉衍) |
Yvonne Ho is said to have helped the POWs during the occupation.
She married Eric Byron Cumine in 1952.
The couple were involved with racing at Happy Valley but eventuallly moved to Kensington.
Sources:
Peter Hall, In The Web, 2012, 34-38
Gomes Newsletter, 1 April, 2004
John Charter writes about Helen Ho's experiences during the war in his diary entry for 22 Aug 1945, the day that Helen and her sister Yvonne came in to Stanley Camp soon after the Japanese surrender: