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.
8 Apr 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2012-02-10 18:02Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 8 Apr 1942Four men Harold Bidmead, Brian Fay, Vincent Morrison and Victor Randall, escape from Stanley. The first three are police, Randall is with China Power and Light.
Source:
George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner of the Turnip Heads, 1994, 102
Note: Wright-Nooth calls Bidmead 'Kevin Smythe' probably because he makes critical remarks about his character later in the book (204-207).
8 Apr 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-03-13 15:27Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 8 Apr 1942Guerillas making trouble for Japs in HK?
Russian progress very good.
Bombing of Japan all tripe?
XXX ((=some shorthand, I think)) x 5 escapees
08 Apr 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2016-04-05 15:56Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 8 Apr 1942Went to see Dr Kirk again, he said take things easy, so I decided I would take a longer holiday, which would mean less queuing for Mum who has gone down so much and isn't at all strong yet.
