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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.

  • 18 Jan 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-04-20 12:08
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
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    Thu, 18 Jan 1945

    Several rather long alarms today, but no raids to our knowledge, probably reconnaissance planes.

    Rice rissole for tiffin.

    To plays rehearsal, we have decided to call off more rehearals till the air raid situation stabilizes itself.

    Got sweet potatoes for cigarettes.

    German lesson in aftrnoon.

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  • 18 Jan 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2015-01-02 11:58
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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    Thu, 18 Jan 1945

    Cloudy, cold, S wind.

    Hosp. Cookhouse brickwork.

    A/R alarms 11.15-noon, 12.45pm-1.45pm, 3.00-3.50pm.

    Lorry with nothing 4pm.

    Macao, Swatow & Canton raided 16th. Jap paper reports 49 killed & injured here in camp & that all buildings have white crosses on them. Lying yellow bastards. They do not tell the people why our planes had need to come so close to Camp nor why they had need to drop bombs around neutral Macao.

    Big offensives started on Western & Russian fronts & more troops landed on Luzon.

    Gusty wind & rain pm.


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