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.
28 Dec 1943, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Mon, 2012-03-19 18:39Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Dec 1943Jeanette Clark born today. Her parents had allowed their 2 older daughters, Valerie (3) and Margaret (1) to be adopted in camp by a missionary couple, the Thomases. ((More of them in 1944 diary))
28 Dec 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2013-11-30 19:34Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Dec 1943Fine, Cold.
More firewood arrived.
R.Cs Nat. play at St Stephens.
Choir practice 5pm. Played crib with Steve after.
28 Dec 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2015-12-06 19:55Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Dec 1943Birth of Jeanette Madeline Clarke.
Source:
China Mail, September 15, 1945, 3
Note:
The semi-official list in the China Mail reads Wright-Brown, Clarke Jean.
For a possible explanation for the apparent presence of two surnames, see Barbara Anslow's diary for today.
28 Dec 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-12-20 13:50Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Dec 1943To Mrs. W.L. Clark – a daughter.
RC Nativity play.
