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 Dec 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-12-01 14:33Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 6 Dec 1942Felt rotten all day. Evening much better.
((G.))
Waichow Intelligence Summary #13, 6 Dec 1942
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2015-09-08 18:11Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 6 Dec 1942((Major)) J D Clague wrote: "A nominal roll of internees arrived at AHQ from 99 ((Agent #99, Raymond Wong)) on 3.12.42. A copy is attached".
((The nominal roll, a list of names of the internees in Stanley Camp, can be viewed at: http://gwulo.com/node/28555))
06 Dec 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Fri, 2016-05-06 14:23Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 6 Dec 1942So cold.
We're having M & V tonight – 2 tins between us 4.
Jap newspaper says British have a setback in Africa.
06 Dec 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-11-08 13:21Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 6 Dec 1942(Rose – “Spirit is willing but flesh is weak”)/ Spence.
