70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
20 Aug 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2014-06-08 13:55Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 20 Aug 1944Planes over about 1am.
Dry, overcast, squally pm.
Electricity off indefinitely (for perhaps 4 days) so got our wood boiler going.
Col. Takanada arrived for Camp inspection, but the General who should have come to carry it out didn’t come.
Water only on 6-8am & 4-6pm. Fire wood reduced by 20%. We are reduced to a stage [sic] of siege almost.
The whole Camp cooking to be reorganized. We get Congee at 10am a meal at 5pm & 4oz of dry rice.
The lorry that fetched the rice today is supposed to have been attacked by a Chinese mob in Kowloon.
No papers.
With Steve pm.
No smokes. We are back to the early 1942 days again.
New Moon.
20 Aug 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Old Man on Wed, 2014-07-02 12:47Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 20 Aug 1944