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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.

  • 12 Dec 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2012-03-13 17:27
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
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    Sat, 12 Dec 1942

    Ol and I each received $15 from Govt. source, thank goodness.

    Feeling better though sore under nose increased.

    Mum came down to office and used sewing machine there, working on our khaki things.  On way home she fell and made a mess of her leg, so to Outpatients - she had anti-tetanus, and thiamine injections;  she must have more thiamine because she had a floppy foot ((which caused the fall)).

    Received 2 vests each and a pair of long socks from Red Cross.

    Rumour about an Italian priest in town having been murdered. ((NB, I think this proved to be true but have forgotten the priest's name))

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  • 12 Dec 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-12-01 14:41
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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    Sat, 12 Dec 1942

    Fine & a little warmer.

    ((G.))

    Mary ill, sore throat. ((Probably Mary Stevens))

    Cig issue cut.

    $15 per man issued

  • 12 Dec 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-11-08 13:23
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    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
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    Sat, 12 Dec 1942

    Classical concert.


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