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.
10 Jan 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-03-31 16:38Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 10 Jan 1944Daphne Esther Culver born, her parents were married just before internment.
10 Jan 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-12-30 16:24Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 10 Jan 1944Fine, cold.
Kids started school again.
Cigs arrived. 4Pkts.
Choir practice for “Elijah” at St Stephens.
With Steve after.
Getting more fed up as time goes on, thinking & thinking.
(Landing made at Dunkirk?)
Black-out. Full moon.
10 Jan 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2017-01-19 16:12Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 10 Jan 1944B.O.
To Mr & Mrs WF Culver, a daughter
WE Foy taken to town ((I guess this means H E Foy, and refers to his arrest by the Japanese.))
10 Jan 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2018-12-09 17:09Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 10 Jan 1944Birth of Daphne Esther Culver to Phyllis Culver and William Frank Culver, a merchant who had come to Hong Kong in 1925 as a prison officer.
Arrest of banker Hugo Eric Foy. {See tomorrow's entry and discussion}.
