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 May 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-04-23 21:48Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 12 May 1942Rained.
Cookhouse all day.
Putting on weight.
News so confusing that it isn’t worth recording yet.
12 May 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Grace on Wed, 2015-04-29 11:32Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 12 May 1942Canada repatriation signatures at C.S.O.
Concert party (B. Pasco) called at Camp. ((Probably Boris Pasco. This is the first and only mention I've seen of an external concert party being allowed to visit the camp.))
12 May 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2016-04-05 16:15Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 12 May 1942I weigh 108 lbs (was 101 and half on 25th March)
