Everything tagged: WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm

Dorothy Catherine Kane was better known as Sister Joseph Marie. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and arrived in Hong Kong in 1930. She initially taught in Kowloon, then at Holy Spirit School and later Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon Tong.

After the fall of Hong Kong, she was residing at Maryknoll Convent School. On 8 February 1942, eighteen Sisters of the school including Sister Joseph Marie were interned at Stanley Camp. 

She was released from camp in June 1942 and repatriated to the United States. 

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Sister Frances Marion Gardner served the Maryknoll Sisters. She was in Hong Kong in 1938.

After the fall of Hong Kong, she was residing at Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon Tong. On 8 February 1942, eighteen Sisters of the school including Sister Frances Marion Gardner were interned at Stanley Camp. 

Sister Frances Marion Gardner was released from camp in June 1942 and repatriated to the United States. She returned to Hong Kong in 1946.

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Margaret Donnelly was better known as Sister Mary St. Bernard and served the Maryknoll Sisters. She was assigned to Hawaii in 1931 and later arrived in Hong Kong.

After the fall of Hong Kong, she was residing at Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon Tong. On 8 February 1942, eighteen Sisters of the school including Sister Mary St. Bernard were interned at Stanley Camp. 

Sister Mary St. Bernard was released from camp in June 1942 and repatriated to the United States. 

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Margaret Ann Brachtesende was better known as Sister Mary Amata. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and arrived in Hong Kong in 1937.

In December 1941, she resided in the convent in Holy Spirit School on Caine Road. After the fall of Hong Kong, the Sisters at the convent worked at Queen Mary Hospital to help care for the wounded. On 21 January 1942, Sister Mary Amata and her group of Sisters from Hong Kong Island were interned at Stanley Camp.

Sister Mary Amata was released from camp in June 1942 and repatriated to the United States. 

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John William Shannon was an executive of Standard Vacuum Oil Co.. He was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

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1. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367492

Information is scant on Louise Schultz. Likely an American missionary. After the fall of Hong Kong, she was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942. 

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1. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367492

Richard Sanger was a long time resident of Hong Kong and appears in the 1941 Jurors List working as manager of Standard Vacuum Oil Co..

He was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated in 1942.

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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9578-sanger-richard/

Gladys Saile went to China around 1931. She was an executive for an American airplane manufacturer based in Shanghai. The company had a plant in China for making planes for the Chinese government.

Gladys Saile was in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion and later interned at Stanley Camp. She was repatriated to the United States in 1942. 

Obituary/Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206494877/gladys-saile

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Herbert Matthew Rowland appears in the 1941 Jurors List working as a freight assistant in the American President Lines. He was interned at Stanley Camp and subsequently repatriated to the United States in 1942.

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1, https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/9537-rowland-herbert-matthew/

Julius Rottenberg was in the yarn, tapestry and wool business in New York. He was an importer of such merchandise from China and was in Hong Kong on a business visit when the Japanese invasion began. Rottenberg was later interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

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1. The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury