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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.

  • 25 Jan 1942: RE Jones Diary

    Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2011-12-24 14:03
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sun, 25 Jan 1942

    Nothing to do but wander around & see fresh faces. Looked at G2 all seems to be clean & tidy. Food poor & scanty. Had we known that we were to be interned here we could have buried & hidden quite a lot of useful stuff from the Prison.

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  • 25 - 28 Jan 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2012-01-03 21:47
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sun, 25 Jan 1942 to Wed, 28 Jan 1942

    Olive arrived a couple of days ago with Food Control staff - now 5 in the room, plus for a few days Baby Jean.

    Fish today - smell put me off.  Kellogs is stale.  Diet devastating - rice and fish, or stew.  When Kellogs and Oxo run out I shall just have to eat rice ((had always hated it!))   Stew dreadful too.  Luckily Mum has some tea.

    Danny Wilson (Peggy's husband) was taken ill with pneumonia the day we left Tai Koon, and he and Peggy went to hospital in town so they haven't arrived yet.  I met up with Uncle Sidney, we went for a walk up through the cemetry, saw Ronald Egan's grave ((he was an acquaintance in the Volunteers; hanging on the makeshift cross on his grave was his steel helmet with bullet hole through it.)) Also communal grave of the VADs and others murdered at St Stephens.

    Mum and I met Mrs Hogg (who had been at Military Hospital).  She said that having Sid there (patient) was all that had saved Mabel's reason during the raids.

  • 25 Jan 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

    Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2012-01-13 21:02
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    Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sun, 25 Jan 1942

    More of the people living on the Peak are sent into Stanley.

     

    The Protestant denominations in Camp agree it would be 'ridiculous' to hold separate church services:

    On the very first Sunday there was a United Communion or Eucharist at 9.00 a.m. with worship services at 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.

    Source:

    Peak: Phyllis Harrop, Hong Kong Incident, 1944, 125

    Services: Bill Ream, Too Hot For Comfort, 1988, 52

    Note:

    There are about 400 Catholics in Stanley and they hold their own services. So do the Christian Scientists.

  • 25 Jan 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary

    Submitted by David on Tue, 2013-07-16 03:46
    Book / Document: 
    Harry Ching's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sun, 25 Jan 1942

    End of first month since surrender. Japanese ordered display of flags, which hawkers selling at $5 and $3. 

  • 25 Jan 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-01-12 18:31
    Book / Document: 
    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Sun, 25 Jan 1942

    Sandbach/Wittenbach.


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