Father Thomas Quinlan, Irish missionary, Abingdon, UK
1953 - Seven Arrive From Korea. Father Thomas Quinlan Has A Cheerful Wave: The seventh man who had been interned by the North Koreans for two years and eight months - landed at the RAF Hastings Ambulance aircraft in which they had flown from Moscow. They traveled from Korea - across Manchuria and Siberia by train. The seven are Mr. Norman Owen of the British Legation Seoul; Cpt. Vivyan Holt, former British Minister at Seoul; Mr. Philip Deane a war reporter; Father Thomas Quinlan the Irish Missionary; Herbert Lord of the Salvation Army; Bishop Alfred Cooper an Anglican missionary; and Mr. George Blake British Vice-Consul at Seoul: Photo shows Father Thomas Quinlan the Irish Missionary has a cheerful wave for the onlookers when he landed at Abingdon today
