70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
16 Apr 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-04-09 15:04Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 16 Apr 1944Mrs Henson died peacefully in hospital in the night.
16 Apr 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2014-03-17 21:40Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 16 Apr 1944Schöner tag. Mehl fur brot gemahlt. Nmtg.an dem Dach ein wenig Sonn brennen. Abend mit Steve. Catolik Geistlicher spracht “Japan erwasten US troopen hierzokommen durch Mirs Bay
((Jill's translation:
Beautiful day. Ground flour for bread. Got a bit sunburnt on the roof in the afternoon. Evening with Steve. A Catholic priest said that Japan expects US troops to come here through Mirs Bay.
))
16 Apr 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2014-04-17 00:08Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 16 Apr 1944Death of Mrs Edith May Henson, formerly of 6, Gun Club Hill, Kowloon, at the age of 65.
She and her husband Joseph, who had worked for the RASC Barrack Department at Shautakok, were helped by Charles Barham to escape to Hong Kong Island on December 8, 1941, the start of the fighting.
Some time in 1944 he sent his wife a postcard from Shamshuipo which ended with the injunction to 'Keep on smiling'. It's not known if she received it before her death.
Sources:
Address: http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/civilians/html/h.html
Escape: Charles Barman, Resist to the End, 2009, 7
16 Apr 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2017-04-04 14:57Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 16 Apr 1944Wittenbach / Dow (“chastened and subdued moods”) (Psalm 4-2)
Death of Mrs. S.M. Henson (65)
Drown / Jenner
