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.
27 Nov 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2012-06-15 16:35Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 27 Nov 1944Wright-Nooth's diary:
This afternoon we struck water at 16 feet. I must say we did not expect it.
Source:
George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner of the Turnip Heads, 1994, 209
27 Nov 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2014-12-18 16:53Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 27 Nov 1944Overcast, mist, muggy, warmer.
Sewing shop wall & wood chopping.
French occupy Belmont & Strassburg.
Firewood arrived 6pm.
Machines & troops being concentrated in India.
27 Nov 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-11-22 21:23Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 27 Nov 1944
