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.
15 Mar 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2015-02-23 00:07Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 15 Mar 1945Bright, warm. S wind.
Fixed Hosp.chimney.
A/r 11.15-12.15pm. 3 planes over.
Many people getting into Summer rig once more.
Rice to godown.
No news or rumours today. Japs will not send papers in.
Cloudy over & wind to NE.
6pm lorry with Canteen gear. All lorries go to H.Qs. for search now.
15 Mar 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2016-06-14 17:16Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 15 Mar 1945Boiling hot day.
No newspapers for 5 days.
German lesson outside.
George Davitt in hospital.
Joan Wilkinson had shorthand lesson.
