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.
30 Jan 1945, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2012-04-01 19:48Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 30 Jan 1945Death of Dr. Hermann Balean from acute anemia. He joined the BMA in 1902 and was appointed to the Hong Kong Medical Board in 1937.
Balean gravestone.jpg, by brianwindsoredgarSource:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2057605/pdf/brmedj03889-0030.pdf
This gives January 19 as date of death, but the MacNider Diary and the garvestone establish today.
30 Jan 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2012-04-22 22:12Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 30 Jan 1945Doreen had shorthand lesson.
Newspaper says Philippines waiting for enemy; also suggests an attempted landing at Bias Bay.
30 Jan 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2015-01-02 12:33Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 30 Jan 1945Bright, warmer morning.
Workshops.
Fitted bed for Weir. ((Not sure which Weir he is referring to))
Clouded over, cooler pm.
Germany to shift capital. Clark air-field raided, Anglo-Indian forces within 500 mls of HK.
Lorry with wood 6pm & another with veg 7pm. & rice party.
Parcels soon?
(Linicker)
30 Jan 1945, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Grace on Thu, 2015-01-29 14:26
