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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.

  • 15 Sep 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Mon, 2012-02-27 12:18
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 15 Sep 1942

    French lesson alone with Sister Mary, the Salmons didn't turn up.

    Mabel is liking the hospital food, I'm afraid she'll find it a rotten change when she comes back on these.

    Olive and I went to see Billie Gill and Brian ((aged 2)).  Also there, Hugh Goldie ((Police, the first man who saw our tiger)) and Mr Matches whom Brian calls the Chinese version 'Foh Chi'.

    More repat. rumours in the air.

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  • 15 Sep 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-08-30 22:11
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 15 Sep 1942

    Home news good.

    Martial law declared in town?) (It has never been repealed yet).

    Rained.

  • 15 Sep 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2013-03-13 21:57
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    Harry Ching's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 15 Sep 1942

    ((Following text not dated:))

    Garden plot yields over catty of peanuts.

    Letter from Wylie. Any sort of paper welcome in camp. Meat gifts go bad ten days en route. 

    Fish very dear about $9 per pound. Moon cakes 70 sen each. Sign of the times: you can buy half one. Price of gold fallen from $1,400 to $1,200. Pre-war $270. 

    Chinese who can afford to leave urged to go. Horace Lo and three M.K. Lo daughters for Kwong Chow Wan. Arthur Woo advises staying here. No medicines and much risk going into interior. To Septic to ask about repatriation prospects. Sees little hope but suggests telegram to influential friends through Red Cross. 

    Chinese Volunteers let out on condition don't talk about camp. 124 freed from Shamshuipo, Tom Cheung included. Malayans are medical students from University who were members Field Ambulance. Some to be employed health work.

    Intensive searching in streets for many days. Shirt sleeves turned back seeking messages on cuffs. Searches of trams require alight and pass through barrier then scramble on tram again. Running discouraged. Story of man who ran to catch tram. Called back he ducked a slap and allegedly was bayoneted.

  • 15 Sep 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Old Man on Tue, 2014-07-08 22:45
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    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 15 Sep 1942

    Joined bakery

    Newton "Surgical history"


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