70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
26 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Sun, 2012-02-19 21:32Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 26 Jul 1942The Shanghailanders really left this afternoon.
I'm still getting fatter, 120 and a half lbs.
26 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2012-06-02 17:41Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 26 Jul 1942About 50 internees with links to Shanghai are sent to that city. Some of the more senior manage to get themselves repatriated on there on a ship taking off Allied Consular Officials.
'The worst stories of atrocities come from Hong Kong,' writes the (Glasgow) Sunday Post on page 1, picking up a story on the American repatriates. They note, however, that Stanley Camp's children are relatively well-treated and seem 'healthy and happy.'
26 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-06-26 17:18Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 26 Jul 1942Rain.
10 Jap bombers flew over W-E this forenoon.
Shanghailanders went at 1PM.
26 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-07-10 17:08Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 26 Jul 194226 Jul 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Richard Iwan Jones on Thu, 2014-07-17 14:53Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 26 Jul 194226 Jul 1942, W J Carrie's wartime diary
Submitted by billagee on Wed, 2019-09-04 12:32Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 26 Jul 1942The 23rd has come and gone - I thought of you all day - next year we must be all together. Glover has at last got away to Shanghai - I hope he arrives safely. I shall miss him terribly here - I may try and change my room. AIAW. B.B.
