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Irving MICHAELSON [????-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 21:07

Chief Steward 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 Los Angeles, California, and married to Fannie Michaelson.

John Robert MAULONIS [1904-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Tue, 01/02/2024 - 22:14

Bosun 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 Francisco, the ship's home port.  Married to M. Maulonis.

William LINDGREN [????-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 01/01/2024 - 22:30

Ship's carpenter 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.  Originally from Stockholm, Sweden.

Parkman Scott HUSTON [1896-1972]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Sat, 12/30/2023 - 20:51

Fireman/water tender in the engine room 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 Everett, Washington and/or Mullan, Idaho.  Canadian and/or U.S. citizen. 

Loren Anthony DISPER [1920-1994]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:27

Radioman 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.  Prewar, he was unmarried and from Los Angeles.

 

Paul W. DAVIS [????-1944]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 12/18/2023 - 21:12

Oiler in the engine room 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.  From Los Angeles.  Postwar, buried in Honolulu National Cemetery.

Dennis John Morley HICKENBOTTOM (aka Dennis Morley) [1919-2021]

Submitted by Alan Ho on Fri, 11/03/2023 - 11:07
  • Changing his surname to Morley after the Second World War.
  • Joined Royal Scots as a Band Boy and played in the Royal Scots band.
  • 1936/03/06- Was posted to 2nd Battalion in Lahore, India.
  • In 1938 the battalion was posted to Hong Kong. He played in the Royal Scots band.
  • When the Japanese invaded he was at Wong Nai Chung Gap and he was then hospitalised at St Albert's Convent. 

Robert Leo BARKUS [1905-1957]

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 12:04

Mentioned in the Jurors Lists, 1938-41:

c   Barkus Roberto Leo Draughtsman H. K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.   On premises

 And in the 1942 list of POWs:

Barkus R L HKVDC Lce/Corp. 4113

Lionel Arthur DABELSTEIN [1902-1982]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 09/21/2023 - 11:20

He is mentioned in the 1940 Jurors List:

c   Dabelstein, Lionel Arthur Factory Manager, Organic Fertilizer Co., Ld. Fanling.

Then in the 1942 lists for POWs and wounded:

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