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.
21 Sep 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-08-26 21:22Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 21 Sep 194321 Sep 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 2014-03-31 02:07Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 21 Sep 1943The Japanese discover a secret radio at the Argyle Street Camp.
There are a number of arrests later in the day, including that of the New Zealander Lt. H. C. Dixon, the main radio operative, whose taken to Yaumati Gendarmerie. These continue until September 27 when Major Charles Boxer and Capatain Woodward are taken away. Nine men are arrested in all.
Source:
Ralph Goodwin, Passport to Eternity, 1956, 43-46
21 Sep 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Grace on Wed, 2014-11-05 14:04
