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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 Dec 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2014-12-22 11:13
    Book / Document: 
    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sun, 10 Dec 1944

    Cold, fine.

    Water on.

    Chopped wood. Took a little tea down to Steve’s. Mary gave me a white overall.

    Had bath in parts.

    Allied troops on Cologne Plain & Russians 35mls from Hungarian border.

    Workers oil & sugar issued.

    Plane over at 9.45pm.

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  • 10 Dec 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2016-12-09 10:29
    Book / Document: 
    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sun, 10 Dec 1944

    Wittenbach / Reams

    ????? ((unclear - shorthand))

  • 10 Dec 1944, Diary of George Gerrard in Stanley Internment Camp Hong Kong

    Submitted by Alison Gerrard on Sun, 2020-09-06 17:50
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    Diary of George Gerrard in Stanley Internment Camp Hong Kong
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sun, 10 Dec 1944

    Now into the fourth year of the war and on Friday the 8th the anniversary the lads came over and gave us a good demonstration and gave the Japs here a jolly fright. It is a grand sight to see our lads doing their stuff and gives us courage.

    The weather is very raw and cold, not at all like Decembers usual weather, however as Christmas approaches it will probably get warmer. I'm keeping fine and working on my own job and trying to be as merry and bright as possible under the circumstances. The poor quality of the food is the great drawback and the lack of meat and its juices is the thing which affects us most. However we always live in hope.


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