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 Jun 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2012-02-09 19:57Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 10 Jun 1942The Hong Kong News reports that a 'fierce tiger' has been shot in Stanley Woods after a successful early morning hunt by the Hong Kong police.
It also publishes a picture of internee, B. W. Bradbury, a butcher skinning the tiger.
Edith Hamson sums up:
The tiger episode, despite the fear it engendered, brought relief from the never-ending boredom of Camp life. With the tiger dead we resumed our dreary existence.
Sources:
Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 240
Allana Corbin, Prisoners of the East, 2002, 185
10 Jun 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-05-19 21:01Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 10 Jun 1942Heard Midway Battle a great success for us.
Lovely day.
American sailing delayed of a week, no reason given.
