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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.

  • 14 Dec 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2014-12-22 11:21
    Book / Document: 
    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Thu, 14 Dec 1944

    Cold, overcast, NE wind.

    Cleaning bricks.

    Lorry in 3pm with wood. 

    North’s notes contain plenty statistics re US forces in Pacific. 23 bttleships, 3 ½ million men  many other figures. US forces advance on Western Front & Russians enter Budapest. Nimitz to shift H.Qs. to Guam. 

    Xmas “fare” on view in Canteen window.

    • ½ bttle Syrup(8-75)(6oz).
    • ½ lb rice flour(10-00)
    • ¼ lb Sweet biscuits or Kung [?] So cakes(14-00)
    • ½ lb Noodles(13-45)
    • Sweets (for children only) ¼ lb(11-75)
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  • 14 Dec 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2016-12-09 10:31
    Book / Document: 
    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Thu, 14 Dec 1944

    Canteen Xmas fare display – Rice flour, rice noodles, Kong So cakes, sweet biscuits, bottled syrup & boiled sweets


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