70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
28 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-02-19 21:32Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Jul 1942Paper says the Americans have arrived at Lourenco Marques, transhipped and are on their way to America.
28 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-06-26 17:22Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Jul 1942Fine day.
(500,000 American troops landed OK in B. Isles. Drusseldorf bombed & we lost 12 planes. German convoy (10,000 troops) sunk on way to Lybia. Stalin asked for 2nd Front. Germans captured Rostov but are being driven back with heavy losses in the North. Heavy fighting around Shanghai & Canton. 7 unidentified planes flew over HK. C. Hall ((Barbara Anslow: This may refer to Cordell Hull, the American statesman.)) states that remnants of Jap will be hunted or sunk in the in the immediate future. 2 high-ranking Jap. M.O.s have committed hare-kari. All this from BBC Sunday pm)
28 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-07-10 17:09Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Jul 1942We did pull anchor at 7 but only left the wharf and actually sailed at 2:30 this afternoon.
28 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2012-07-31 21:47Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Jul 1942John Stericker presents Franklin Gimson with a Union Jack at an emotional moment in the meeting of the British Community Council. It was found hidden in a water tank on a roof and was believed to be the only one in camp. ((It wasn't: http://gwulo.com/node/16146))
(W)ith one long blast on the whistle, we bade farewell to Lourenco Marques..our next stop would be Rio de Janeiro. We all felt a great let down in the tension. We were out from under the Japanese.
Sources:
Union Jack: John Strericker, Captive Colony, 1945, Chapter V1, page 18
Repatriates: Carol Briggs Waite, Taken in Hong Kong, Kindle Edition, Location 3753 et al
28 Jul 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Richard Iwan Jones on Thu, 2014-07-17 14:55Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 28 Jul 194213 planes flew over camp (N.W. Direction)
AA fire reported observed
