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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 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2014-12-22 11:17
    Book / Document: 
    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 12 Dec 1944

    Warm. Overcast.

    100 Concrete bricks from A1 roof. Cleaning broken bricks.  

    Nice cup of tea with Steve, noon.

    Lorry with wood 1pm.

    Cards from P of Ws camp create optimism.

    Paper all Leyte tripe.

    North’s notes contain news re Russian advance to Austrian border & some American building statistics.

    Lorry in 5.30pm with Canteen gear.

    Made out Canteen lists.

    Wood chopping.

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  • 12 Dec 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2016-12-09 10:30
    Book / Document: 
    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 12 Dec 1944

    BM Cigs. Pirate Y25

    MBloss & Royal Leaf Y20 & Y22

    1lb rice for 2 pkts cigs


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