70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
17 Dec 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2012-03-01 16:56Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 17 Dec 1943Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke is still being held in a Kempeitai cell in the Supreme Court:
Day and night he lay on the filthy concrete floor of his 6'/2x5 feet cell wearing nothing but shirt and trousers and crawled over by cockroaches from a nearby latrine - conditions particularly revolting to a hygiene loving medical man and at their worst in the damp heat of a Hong Kong summer. In this loathsome spot, his legs painfully swollen with beriberi, he passed his fiftieth birthday on 17 December 1943.
Source:
Mervyn Horder, The Hard-boiled Saint: Selwyn-Clarke in Hong Kong
(viewable at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2550548/pdf/bmj00606-0034.pdf)
17 Dec 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2013-11-29 22:02Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 17 Dec 1943Fine.
Uneventful. A real period of doldrums this time.
Cig ends & lavatory paper for smokes.
Choir practice 5.30-7pm & the cup of tea with Steve.
Posted card to Marj.
Black-out.
17 Dec 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-12-20 13:44
