70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
5 Jun 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-04-09 15:31Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 5 Jun 1944E. C. Oates died of typhus.
Invasion of Europe started.
5 Jun 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2014-04-01 14:56Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 5 Jun 1944The death from Typhus of Merchant Service Officer Ewart Connors Oates in Tweed Bay Hospital at the age of 28 (or 30). Before being sent to Stanley he was held at the War Memorial Hospital.
The final round of arrests for resistance work in the camps begins today (or on June 7) in Shamshuipo.
Sources differ as to the details: according to Tony Banham's entry in We Shall Suffer There (2009) today sees the arrest of H. A. Botelho (the camp's escape officer) and Lieutenant Ralph Shrigley and Colonel Field, James Smith and Godfrey Bird are arrested on June 7. Ralph Goodwin, in Passport to Eternity (1956,163) has Botelho and Major Smith arrested on June 7 and Field, Bird and Simpson on June 9. The same source has Botelho released on June 8, and Banham gives June 28 as the day reports of Shrigley's death were received.
What follows is a period of brutal interrogation for all the prisoners.
Source:Oates: http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_ftnref44; Philip Cracknell at http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/stanley-military-cemeter...
5 Jun 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2014-05-19 09:27Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 5 Jun 1944Fine, cloudy.
Rec. letter Mar 23rd ’43 from Marj. Tells of their holiday on a farm & of how the cream & milk put weight on them. I’m so glad, it proves she can afford a holiday & to enjoy herself.
Chopped wood.
New electrical regulations published. It seems we’ll end up as we began, with nothing.
Air-raid alarm 1.45pm. All Clear 2pm.
Trouble with Comm. Garden party. The guard got tough with one of them & it seems now that the whole party are going to refuse to go anymore.
With Steve pm.
Paper indicates Japanese catching it in the neck. Pope demands protection of Rome against destruction & his attempt to get food into the City on Vatican ships has failed. Rome has never been in such sore straights [sic] in all its history. Russians attacking strongly nr. Jassy; as we are nr. Rome.
Full moon. S. Cross 9.30pm.
5 Jun 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2014-07-02 18:33Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 5 Jun 1944((Following text not dated:))
Heavy rain. Mavis ((Xavier)) invites us Rosary Hill to see amateur dramatics, Cinderella.
Rose Souza got Y5,000 for furniture and flat.
5 Jun 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2014-07-02 20:52Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 5 Jun 1944Full moon. black-out at 10.30 p.m. Alert but nothing happened.
05 Jun 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-05-30 15:26Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 5 Jun 1944pm raid warning
Gardens incidents (2 men slapped)
Bulletin - light & power reduced to 26,000 units per month ((sp?)) lights from 8 - 10 pm only - no hot plates or appliances as from 10.6.44.
B.O.
Death - Ewart Connors Oates (30) (typhus)
Zindel interview with G.S.
