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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.

  • 08 Mar 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2015-02-22 23:55
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Thu, 8 Mar 1945

    Overcast, dry, cold.

    Joined R.N. 24 yrs. ago.

    Latest rumour re US parcels. “To arrive 16th inst.”

    Jap rock blasting.

    Repaired Hosp. kitchen tap & in Wkshp. aft.

    Eire declared war on G & J?

    Weather improved aft.

    Lorry with veg. 7.15pm.

    Big Russian offensive begun with a frontal attack on Berlin. Letters rec. in Camp indicate that Black-out restrictions & A.R.P. duties have been eased in many parts of B. Isles.

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  • 08 Mar 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2016-06-14 17:05
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Thu, 8 Mar 1945

    Still no Mass.  Had a lay-in.

    Visited Offenbergs and Annie.  The Dutch Block people still say we'll get bulk stuff. That Shamshuipo have had theirs.

    German lesson.

    Bridge with Marie, Peggy and ?? in evening.


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