70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

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.

  • 20 Jul 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2013-06-30 03:51
    Book / Document: 
    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 20 Jul 1943

    Dull & little rain.

    Hold-all finished & returned 6PM.

    List “A” Canadians checked & told of arrangements that have been made.

    ((G))

    • Log in or register to post comments

  • 20 Jul 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by chrisbartlett on Wed, 2014-07-16 22:48
    Book / Document: 
    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 20 Jul 1943

    "Smuggling" (E.A. Pritchard, Com of CMC) 

  • 20 Jul 1943, W J Carrie's wartime diary

    Submitted by kathrynsa on Thu, 2019-10-03 08:48
    Book / Document: 
    W J Carrie's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 20 Jul 1943

    I didn't write on on Sunday. I was a bit depressed and I'm not much better today. I have read over your letters again - I don't know when you'd get the first letter from me but there is a wide gap till the second and D.O.K. when that will reach you.  I know you will be worried and depressed too but you have a lot to occupy your mind and you will have energy too if you are getting fairly normal food. It's awful to be continually hungry and then to have no energy to do anything.  Nobody is really normal in the Camp and I foresee all sorts of ructions soon if things don't improve.  Hope of release is rather slender these days but I hope on.  I think we'll get some money soon which will help - I have  one yen and 13 sen today and I've borrowed 60 from Dora. I can't ask her for any more yet.
     Goodnight   L.O.    I'm no sae bad but I micht be worse!      B.B.
     


Subscribe: If you'd like to receive future pages by email, just enter your email address below and click the 'subscribe' button:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Subscribe to 70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries