Everything tagged: WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm

Walter Frederick Ernst Frese was better known as Walter F. Frese. He was a certified public accountant and joined the U.S. Treasury Department in 1935.

In late 1941, Frese came to Hong Kong after an inspection visit made to China to examine the treasury stabilization funds that had been advanced by the U.S. government. He became trapped in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion. Frese was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Anna Edith Fredericks better known as Edith Fredericks was an American missionary who went to China in about 1916 serving the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kiukiang (Jiujiang) and Hong Kong.

Edith Fredericks was in Hong Kong during its capitulation in December 1941. She was interned and later repatriated to the United States in 1942. In 1944, Edith Fredericks was given public recognition for having worked for the Methodist Church in China for 38 years.

She returned to China in 1946.

Source

1, The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury.

Henry Sorg Frank better known as Henry S. Frank made his way to China in the 1920s and started off as a missionary teacher at Lingnan University in Canton (Guangzhou). He would spend the next 25 years at Lingnan rising up from lecturer to Professor and to the Head of the Chemistry Department and Provost. In 1951, he was the last member of the foreign staff to leave Lingnan University. He returned to the United States and soon joined the Board of Trustees of Lingnan University based in New York. 

Arthur M. Fifer was the Far Eastern Relief Representative of the American Red Cross and also an internee at Stanley. Before Fifer was repatriated, he devised a scheme for internees to get an outside loan so as to enable them to purchase  medicines, food and clothing from shops in the city as there was a scarcity of supplies delivered to internees. After Fifer had left Hong Kong, Red Cross relief activities were handed over to Father John Toomey.

Edgar Harold Fendlason was a Caltex representative and in Hong Kong during the time of the surrender. He was interned in Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States with other Americans in 1942. Fendlason continued with Caltex after his reaptriation.

Obituary/Memorial - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35479790/edgar-fendlason

Source

1. The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury

Wesley Clair Farnham served as a representative of Sun Oil in Shanghai and the Far East. He had been with the Company for 20 years. 

Farnham was present in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion. He was interned in Stanley Camp and later repatriated with other Americans in 1942. Upon his return, he enlisted and joined the United States Navy as a lieutenant.

Obituary/Memorial - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225046721/wesley-c-farnham

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Dorothy Ann Erickson left Stanley Camp with her parents when she was 19 months old.

American missionaries Ruth Evangeline Erickson and her husband, Gustav Rheingold Erickson set sail for China in October 1939 to serve the Evangelical Free Church in Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong. At the end of October 1940, they were residing in Cheung Chau, House No. 4 awaiting the birth of their child. Daughter, Dorothy Ann was born on 24 November 1940.

The family was present in Hong Kong during its capitulation in December 1941 and later interned in Stanley Camp. They were repatriated with other Americans in 1942.

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American missionaries Gustaf Rheingold Erickson and his wife, Ruth Erickson set sail for China in October 1939 to serve the Evangelical Free Church in Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong. At the end of October 1940, they were residing in Cheung Chau, House No. 4 awaiting the birth of their child. Daughter, Dorothy Ann was born on 24 November 1940.

The family was present in Hong Kong during its capitulation in December 1941 and later interned in Stanley Camp. They were repatriated with other Americans in 1942.

Peter James Elder appears in the 1940 and 1941 Juror Lists as an Assistant in the Union Insurance Society of Canton Co. Ltd..

After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated with other Americans to the United States in 1942.