I am seeking information about my paternal great uncleThomas Gwynne, born 1879 at St. Dogmaels, son of William and brother to Benjamin, my paternal grandfather. At some time early in his life Thomas travelled to Shanghai, China where he worked for the Post Office; and to the best of my knowledge became postmaster there.He was taken prisoner-of-war in 1941 by the Japanese. I would like to know if possible: 1) when Thomas went to Shanghai 2) the name(also maiden) of Thomas' wife. I understand that she was an American. 3) the name and whereabouts of Thomas' son. I believe his name may be Elias 4) where Thomas and family travelled to in 1948 after leaving Shanghai. I will be most appreciative of answers to any of the above. Thank you, Hew Gwynne . Download the Lord of the Rings Desktop at http://www.lordoftherings.net

This is fairly modern family and I think there may be help on the web. Have you thought of trying the Worldwide telephone directory? It may be away to check on Elias. I have my cousin's name and address in Uk that way. There is also a new TREETOPS Tracing relatives .URL is :http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops/ There's a "Till we meet again " TV program and they will list your missing relative or friend on it.in UK. I live in Canada so hope it works for me. I looked up Shanghai and WWII and got this for you:- http://www.regiments.org/milhist/eastasia/china.htm It may give you some knowledge. he was obviously there because it was a British territory. They evacuated Shanghai in 1940. Your relative may have been taken prisoner in Hong Kong or in Singapore. I'm just guessing. Hong Kong fell in December 1941 "On December 13, 1941, the Japanese began a five-day bombardment of the island of Hong Kong softening it up for the coming amphibious assault. The British commanders had always expected an attack from the sea, and so had placed most of their fortifications at the bottom of the island. They still expected a Japanese attack from the sea, even though the enemy was now in control of the mainland on the other side. All the Japanese had to do was cross the harbour." quote you can find under You may want to read this site too:- He may have been part of Shanghai volunteer Corps. There's reference to it. http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5047/SHANGFLG.html That's all I can think of. Good luck, Jane