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Entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:

Sister of fellow internee Florence D. CARTWRIGHT (aka Flo).

Year of birth from John Black's list, which gives Miss Cartwright's occupation in 1941 as "stenographer". The Directory & Chronicle for 1940 here shows her working for Arhold & Co. Ltd.

Qualified as an ANS Nurse.  Worked at La Salle Relief Hospital.

• Lt Col. Shackleton, RAMC, was Commanding Officer of the Bowen Road Military Hospital
• "Captive surgeon in Hong Kong: the story of the British Military Hospital, Hong Kong 1942-1945" by Donald C. Bowie :

• In 1965, Commander REME John Probert arranged a visit for former Hong Kong prisoners of war on the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Sham Shui Po POW Camp.
  

Grace James was a BCMS missionary who married another BCMS missionary and served in China from 1933. 

Grace was born in Worthing, Sussex in January 1909, the youngest of nine children born to Alfred and Sarah James.  Her father Alfred was a watchmaker, repairer and dealer.

Missionary.

Margery/Marjorie Hook was a pioneering missionary who served with her husband with the BCMS in China from 1933 to 1940.  

Kowloon Wharf Police

Permalink Submitted by 1314 on Wed, 05/06/2015 - 03:49

In 1960 the Supt of KWP was ' Dusty ' Rhodes, one of the few ex Shanghai Municipal Policemen ,(originally numbering about 40,who had been recruited to Hong Kong in the immediate post-war period,) to remain in HK, most left on completion of their 2 year contract. I have their details.

Dusty Rhodes

Submitted by KCE78 on Sat, 05/13/2023 - 16:34

Hello there,

His entry in the 1942 list of internees: