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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.

  • 6 Jan 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Thu, 2012-04-19 17:32
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
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    Sat, 6 Jan 1945

    Ernst Mejia (4) has chickenpox and is in hospital. ((He was the youngest of a family of 9 children in camp with their mother, they lived in a room below us in the MQ)).

    Air raid alarm, in afernoon, rehearsal of Her First Dance.

    Rumour re German collapse.

    Went to see Annie, who's quite philisophical about her postponed wedding.

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  • 06 Jan 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2015-01-02 11:31
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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    Sat, 6 Jan 1945

    Low cloud, cold, NE wind.

    Water on.

    No Canteen due to lack of supplies. 

    Dentists windows finished.

    A/r alarm 3 to 3.45pm.

    Posted card to Marj. 

    Task force off Sumatra. Taiwan bombed 3rd. 500 planes & 4th. 400 planes.


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