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 Oct 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-10-05 14:47Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 24 Oct 1943Fine & dry.
No news. Just an empty useless day.
Lorry load of Chinese to gaol all knelt in bottom so that they were hidden from public gaze.
24 Oct 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Old Man on Sat, 2015-06-06 22:51Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 24 Oct 1943Brown / Roser
24 Oct 1943, W J Carrie's wartime diary
Submitted by alhill on Thu, 2019-10-10 22:08Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 24 Oct 1943I went up and saw Lin and Frank yesterday and your letter. A part of it had been heavily blacked out. You wrote something about "being very worried last week" - then the rest is blacked out. No news yet - the No 2 in the F.A. Dept. is very ill so all progress is stopped until he gets better. We must just have patience. Cheerio Darling - hope on, hope ever. All my love. B.
