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.
14 Nov 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-04-16 17:55Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 14 Nov 1944Night raid here.
Full up with rehearsals, meetings, etc.
Weather very cold.
14 Nov 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2014-12-18 16:36Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 14 Nov 1944Overcast, NE wind, gusty.
Lorry with wood & canteen stuff 2pm.
No Euro or Burma news. Wang Ching Wei died 10th. Rumours persist re Germanys capitulation & Russia’s participation in war against Japs.
14 Nov 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2015-11-27 14:19Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 14 Nov 1944Free issue of 1 oz. tobacco. Dust
Death of Wang Ching-wei announced in HK News