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.
24 Jan 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2012-06-02 18:11Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 24 Jan 1944Edith Hamson writes to her sister:
Dearest Alice,
Christmas over and we are into the new year still keeping cheerful and hopeful. [The rest was censored]
Love to all of you.
Edith
Source:
Allana Corbin, Prisoners of the East, 2002, 237
24 Jan 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2014-01-01 13:55Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 24 Jan 1944Fine, cold.
Y20 issued.
No news.
Choir practice 6.30pm. With Steve after.
(Parade on Friday pm?)
24 Jan 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2016-01-30 11:31Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 24 Jan 1944Issue of Y20
Issue of 1/4 lb. peanut butter
M.Q. baking making yeast for whole Camp
