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James Percival WHITHAM (aka Jimmy) [1907-1942]

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 09/08/2024 - 00:27

James Percival Whitham appears in the 1941 Jurors List as Acting Branch Manager of Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada. He married Beatrice Lenora Brouwer and they later had a baby boy, Jonathan G. Whitham (1941-1944) born on 30 November 1941 at Matilda Hospital.

During the Battle of Hong Kong, Whitham was a member of the HKVDC and had been transferred to the Middlesex Company on 17 December 1941 as a lieutenant. He was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941.

Felix Frederick Arthur DUNNETT [1916-1990]

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 06/28/2024 - 16:14

In the 1938 Jurors List, Felix Frederick Arthur Dunnett worked as a clerk for Lowe, Bingham & Matthews. He married  an American woman, Jennie Paula White whose father, Claude Ellsworth White is mentioned here. The Dunnetts had a son, Michael born in November 1940.

Martin RANDEBERG [c.1883-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Sun, 01/07/2024 - 22:19

First mate of 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.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From Highland Park, California.

Halfdan Olaus PEDERSEN [????-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Sat, 01/06/2024 - 22:02

First engineer 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.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From North Hollywood, California.  Married to Peggy Pedersen.

Jakob Albert Thor OLSEN [????-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Fri, 01/05/2024 - 20:54

Third mate 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.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From Vashon Island, Washington state.

Carl Twed NIELSEN [1902-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 20:41

Messman 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.   Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp.  Liberated September 1945.  From San Pedro, California or possibly San Francisco (records conflict).  Next of kin Mrs. M. Nielsen of San Francisco.  Mother's maiden name Mare.