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.
31 May 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2015-05-07 16:00Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 31 May 1945Fine, hot, humid.
Rims on wheels.
Lard to C.
German lesson.
Writing hymns.
[?] all off.[?]
Workers’ oil & sugar.
W. Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) captured by British. ((W. Joyce was captured on the 28th May. The news had reached Jones quickly.))
31 May 1945, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2015-05-10 15:21Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 31 May 1945Last day of newspapers for Camp
Wt. 134 lbs.
31 May 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Thu, 2016-06-30 14:26Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 31 May 1945Corpus Christi.
Wendy Barton's 17th birthday.
Walked with Gladys in evening. Then bridge, Mr. & Mrs Tribble beat Peggy and I – 42!
