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Rev. Gilbert Hook was a pioneering British missionary in South China with the Bible Churchmen’s Missionary Society (BCMS); and latterly, an Anglican clergyman and canon in Australia.

Dr. Stuart Harverson was a missionary who served with the CIM in Kunming, China, in the 1930s.

He married fellow missionary Sarah Kelly in December 1936, in Chuxion, Yunnan, China.  

Walter Winterton came to Hong Kong in 1938 after the Anschluss made it near impossible for a Jew to practice medicine in his native Vienna.

He befriended Dr. Selwyn-Clarke, the Director of Medical Services, who arranged for him to practice in Guangdong Province.

He had returned to Hong Kong by the time of the Japanese attack in December 1941 and was allowed to continue working during the occupation. His clinic was in Nathan Road, and he offered free treatment to those who could not afford to pay, a mark of his life-long humanitarian commitment.

One of Cathay Pacific's first pilots. There is lots more information about him at http://www.chingchic.com/

Lieutenant-Commander George Francis Hole, R.N. was appointed Harbour Master, Marine Magistrate and Emigration Officer in July 1924. 

He was promoted to Commander in 1927. On 23 February 1929 he was appointed Director of Air Services in addition to his duties of Harbour Master etc..

As Director of Air Services, he oversaw the development of Kai Tak Airport and the early days of civil aviation in Hong Kong.

He sat on the Legislative Council from 17 Jan 1929 to 17 Oct 1940. He retired to Australia.

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In the late 1930s he ran the Hong Kong Riding School.

In December 1941 he was a sergeant in the HKVDC:

Australian author, journalist, and long-term resident of Hong Kong.

Major biographical works:

Hughes, Richard, Foreign Devil: Thirty Years of Reporting in the Far East, Andre Deutsch Limited, London 1972.

Macswan, Norman, The Man Who Read the East Wind: A Biography of Richard Hughes Extraordinary Correspondent, Kangaroo Press, Sydney 1982.

Evelyn Paterson was a Red Cross volunteer during WW1 and went on to become a nurse at the Middlesex Hospital. It is not yet known how she met her future husband, Harry Hewett, whose parents had lived in China and who went on to have a career in the Far East himself. Both Evelyn's parents are recorded as having "private means". They lived in  Ilford, Essex. Evelyn travelled to Hong Kong in 1925, where she married Harry. They lived at 18 Broadwood Road, (albeit with trips back to England), until Evelyn and her daughter, Shirley Ann were evacuated to Australia before WW2.

Robina Hughina Rostron Andress was a teacher at Pooi Sun English School. She appears to have been related (sister ?) to Emily May Rostron Tye (nee Andress) and likely had a Chinese-Australian connection.

During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was stationed at La Salle Relief Hospital. Her name/signature appears under "La Salle College" (La Salle Relief Hospital) on the left on the "Day Joyce Sheet" held by the Imperial War Museum.