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.
4 May 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2014-04-30 09:46Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 4 May 1944Fine, hot, humid.
Ground rice for bread.
Roll-call.
Some Canteen gear arrived at last.
More rumours re 2nd Front.
Poor rations, hungry as hell.
Walk with Steve pm.
Black-out.
04 May 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-04-25 10:36Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 4 May 1944Evening meal at 7 pm (new boilers tried out in galley)
B.O.
