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 Jun 1945, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by alexis on Sat, 2014-06-28 15:00Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 14 Jun 194535 cigs. ¥5.25 (packets handed back)
To Mr. & Mrs. Ian Heath, a son (Guy)
14 Jun 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2015-05-30 10:53Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 14 Jun 1945Clear, hot. Light breeze.
Leprosarium fence & Hosp. windows.
German lesson.
Dug Stones their potato patch. (("Stones" refers to some or all of the three people surnamed Stone in camp, Miss D H, Miss N F P, & Mr W F Stone.))
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3 ½ pkts cigs issued Y5.50, wrappers had to be returned.
14 Jun 1945, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2018-12-06 19:01Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 14 Jun 1945Birth of Gary Ian Howard Heath to Mr and Mrs Ian Heath.
The Heath family (which included Gary and one other child) are to be amongst the technicians sent out of camp on August 10th. Ian Heath was a ship's officer, presumably with mechanical expertise.
