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.
16 May 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-04-23 21:50Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 16 May 1942Warm & dry.
My soup commended today.
Very hot & sticky in the new kitchen.
1 slice of sour bread issued & sugar.
16 May 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Grace on Wed, 2015-04-29 11:34Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 16 May 1942Death of Mrs. Ethel Green Mitchell (60) widow of late Capt.R.F. Mitchell
Cheese canteen $3 1/2 lb. gruyere
16 May 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2015-12-12 21:18Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 16 May 1942Death of Ethel Green Mitchell.
She left a son, daughter-in-law and two children in camp.
Source:
Philip Cracknell at http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/stanley-military-cemeter...
16 May 1942, W J Carrie's wartime diary
Submitted by billagee on Wed, 2019-09-04 12:28Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 16 May 1942I must try and write a little now and then. I got weighed again yesterday 139 lbs - it's not too bad.
