70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
5 Dec 1943, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-03-19 18:06Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 5 Dec 1943Mrs. L. M. McGowan died today. She knew she had cancer, but refused to go into hospital, or let her 2 children Betty and Jackie know she was terminally ill, until they had left camp for repatriation to America.
5 Dec 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2013-11-27 22:34Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 5 Dec 1943Fine, cold, no news or rumours.
Walk with Steve pm.
05 Dec 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2015-12-04 19:01Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 5 Dec 1943Death from cancer of Lilian May MacGowan, linen store manager at Queen Mary Hospital.
The fifth draft of Prisoners of War sent to work in Japan leaves Hong kong today when 496 men set sail at 4 p.m. on the Soong Cheong. On December 21 they are transferred to a troopship, the Toyama Maru, because the Soong Cheong's engines give out.
The new ship, after a storm-tossed voyage, will dock in a freezing Japan on January 6th.
Sources:
Tony Banham, We Shall Suffer There, Kindle Edition, Locations 2108-2133
MacGowan: Philip Cracknell at http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/stanley-military-cemeter...
05 Dec 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2015-12-05 16:21Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 5 Dec 1943Dow / Myhill
Death - Mrs. Lillian May McGowan (47)
