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.
2 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2012-01-12 22:07Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 2 Mar 1942The internees insist on a separate election for chairman and vice-chairman of the British Communal Council, and this takes place today. L. R. Nielsen, a New Zealand businessman with American interests, is elected chairman.
Eventually a deal is reached by which Franklin Gimson, still not in Stanley, will become a partner of the chairman.
Source:
G. B. Endacott and Alan Birch, Hong Kong Eclipse, 1978, 208.
2 Mar 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-02-10 16:10Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 2 Mar 1942Quiet day. No rumours.
Jap admiral came out to the Prison. No-one allowed to see.
02 Mar 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2016-03-02 01:49Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 2 Mar 1942Indoors 1 - 5p.m. Visit of Jap official to Stanley.
