70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.
1 Apr 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2014-03-07 22:04Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 1 Apr 1944Overcast & damp.
Food carrying.
4Pkts cigs & 2 matches Y2.43 issued.
Repaired leaky tap.
Steve from hosp aft.
Paper news excellent re Russian advance & Germany’s prep’s for flooding Holland.
Read letter from G. rec. by O.B.
Rep. ((repatriation)) holdup due to differences in lists of internees in Philippines.
10 days rations. 4oz oil. 1.06oz tea. 1.74 sugar. 1.5 curry pwdr.
1 Apr 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-04-15 14:25Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 1 Apr 1944Rainy and foggy.....Downstairs father reports cannibal case. Fat woman Valley somewhere sliced. Choys say saw baby sliced.
01 Apr 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2017-04-04 14:47Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 1 Apr 1944cigs, 2 pkts, 45 sen each
Issue oil, sugar
Heath
