Carl Heine
Australian missionary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the German surgeon, see Carl Wilhelm Heine.
Carl Russell Heine (28 June 1870 – c. April 1944) was an Australian-born missionary in the Marshall Islands. He arrived in the islands in 1896 as a sailor and settled on Jaluit Atoll, marrying a Marshallese woman. Ordained as a Congregationalist minister in 1906, he worked for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) and what is now the United Church of Christ – Congregational in the Marshall Islands. He was detained by Japanese troops during World War II and executed by beheading in 1944, along with two family members.
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Carl Heine | |
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Born | (1870-06-28)28 June 1870 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | c. April 1944 (aged 73) |
Cause of death | Executed by beheading |
Relatives | Dwight Heine (grandson) Mary Lanwi (granddaughter) Hilda Heine (granddaughter) |
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