70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
12 - 13 Sep 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Mon, 2012-04-16 17:32Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 12 Sep 1944 to Wed, 13 Sep 1944Canadian parcels etc. arrived in camp.
All night long and in early hours of morning we heard lorries groaning backwards and forward from the quay. When they were distributed, we got 4 parcels each!
((A neighbour, Mr. W. Pryde, died suddenly on the 12th so was not included in the distribution. We felt that his widow should have been given his share as well as her own, as he was alive when the parcels actually arrived in camp,(though dead before distribution) and she had to cope with the loss of her husband - she was such a selfless person and had lost so much weight. She served in ARP during war. The Prydes boys were in Australia. Post war, one of the boys who was married with children died very young, and Mrs Pryde brought them up.))
12 Sep 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Grace on Tue, 2014-09-02 14:11Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 12 Sep 1944Issue of oil & sugar
Death Mr Walter Pryde (57), PWD ((Public Works Dept.))
12 Sep 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2014-09-05 15:03Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 12 Sep 1944Hot. Light breeze.
Chopped wood.
With Steve grinding rice am.
Made chatty & chopped wood for Rita.
With Steve pm. He gave me some Suk Yin.
Becason captured. Bulgaria declared war on Germany. Fighting in Maastricht area. Siegfried Line outer defences penetrated Germans evacuate Greece & Egean [sic] Sea & Yugo Slavia.
12 Sep 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2015-12-17 18:37Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 12 Sep 1944Death of Walter Pryde from hypertension, heart failure and beri-beri at the age of 57.
Source:
Philip Cracknell at http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/stanley-military-cemeter...
