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 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2012-01-11 22:53Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 28 Mar 1942The military defeat, the pre-war Air Raid Precautions scandal, and no doubt the generally hard time the internees have had since the surrender, have contibuted to making the Government unpopular. Franklin Gimson has found that many people are unwilling to accept his authority as former Colonial Secretary, and today he is forced to accept a compromise whereby he is given a vaguely-defined position as partner of L. R. Nielson, the chair of the British Communal Council (BCC).
Source:
Philip Snow, The Fall of Hong Kong, 2003, 136
28 Mar 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-02-10 16:28Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 28 Mar 1942Hill’s campitis showed up re porridge this am.
Dance in St Stephen’s College.
70,000 Americans landed in Filipines & Russians now on German soil?
28 Mar 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2017-02-17 13:31Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 28 Mar 1942Cabaret and dance S.S. Hall (R.W. Jenner’s band)
