70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
8 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Sun, 2012-02-19 18:32Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 8 Jul 1942I received $15 from A. J. C. Taylor ((prewar HK Treasury, this must have been a Govt. handout)). So did Olive - a great help for canteen.
8 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-06-26 16:47Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 8 Jul 1942Still plenty of rain knocking about.
The rebilletting is still in a mess.
(Lybian & Russian situations OK. We are using a new improved anti-tank weapon?)
8 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-07-03 16:45Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 8 Jul 1942It was a hot night. The fans stopped working in the dining room while we were eating and we just about passed out.
Many planes flew over us, 61 in all, Lorenz said, also claims they dropped bombs near Singapore. We are anchored 30 miles out. Don’t know whose planes they were.
8 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 2014-06-16 23:13Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Wed, 8 Jul 1942Death of John Webster McNaught in the French Hospital.
Greg Leck gives his age as 83, Tony Banham as 80 and the Red Cross as 84. The last of these states that ''Mr. McNaught apparently died of old age' and tells us that his possessions included Masonic Lodge papers and a pocket book of engineering formulae.. He was probably one of the aged or sick internees moved from Stanley in February.
Sources:
Greg Leck, Captives of Empire, 2006
http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html
