70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
2 May 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Mon, 2012-04-09 15:16Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 2 May 1944Robert Mitchell born. Parents married at start of camp, daughter Rosemary born Oct. 1942.
Mrs R. G. Rose (Chinese) died, leaving British husband in Kowloon camp, and Dawn 12 and Gerald 8 in Stanley. Both children cared for by Mrs H Aitken, mother of Eddie, until the end of internment.
2 May 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2014-04-30 09:44Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 2 May 1944Heavy rain nearly all day. Bed dripped on last night.
Ground rice for bread after much useless messing about with the Spong grinder.
German lesson.
With Steve pm.
Parcels arrived?
02 May 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2015-07-19 20:49Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 2 May 1944A couple who were probably the first internees to marry have their second child: Robert McGregor Mitchell.
Mrs. Rachel Grace Rose dies at the age of 44.
Mrs. Rose was a Chinese woman married to a Henley Hemdon Rose, formerly of the Public Works Department and then a POW in Shamshuipo.
She left a daughter Dawn (12) and son Gerald (8) to be cared for by Mrs. H. Aitken.
Gerald was to become an award-winning illustrator of children's books. His claim to have seen his first live tiger in camp presumably means that he was one of those who caught sight of the Stanley tiger of May-June 1942.
Sources:
Mitchell: China Mail, September 15, 1945, 3
Name and Age: Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 272
Son and daughter: http://gwulo.com/node/11330
Husband: http://gwulo.com/node/11238
Tiger: http://gwulo.com/node/11238
02 May 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-04-25 10:35Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 2 May 1944Death – Mrs. Rachel G. Rose (33) wife of H.H. Rose
Birth – To Mr. & Mrs. A. McG. Mitchell, a son.
Med. exam, wt. 131; Blood press. 105
Issue oil, sugar, tea
02 May 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2018-12-08 17:40Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 2 May 1944Birth of Robert McGregor Mitchell to Amy Maltida May Eliza Mitchell and A. McGregor Mitchell, a prison officer.
Robert's sister Rosemary was also born in Stanley.
