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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.

  • 26 Nov 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Thu, 2012-03-08 21:28
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Thu, 26 Nov 1942

    (written on 27th)  Forgot to write up last night – partly because too busy eating, because we were issued with  loads of food: each got 5oz dried fruit, 1 lb. muscatels, 1 lb cocoa, 5 tins of bully, 4 lbs sugar.  Such joy in the camp!

    Mrs Drown came in to play bridge, and wants me to help with words for her carol.

    I fried corned beef with tomatoes and bread – so delicious.

    To Benediction in evening, then to Social, but I was the only person there with the Barton girls. Father Hessler came in and talked, Peggy was hurling questions at him.

    Some one said they saw a Jap plane come down into the sea in afternoon

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  • 26 Nov 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-11-01 20:56
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Thu, 26 Nov 1942

    Fight going on somewhere above. Planes up all day. One fell into the sea.

    Bulk rations issued.

    ((G.))

  • 26 Nov 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-11-08 13:14
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    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Thu, 26 Nov 1942

    Bowls pairs final – B.Bradley & T.Pile 17 / R.Hall & A.M.Holland 13.

    RC issue of 4 tins bully, 1 M&V., cocoa, raisins, dried fruits ((unclear)).

  • 26 Nov 1942, The Diary of Mrs Grace Smith

    Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Tue, 2021-09-21 03:11
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    The Diary of Mrs Grace Smith - the blind lady of Stanley Internment Camp
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Thu, 26 Nov 1942
    Diary - pages 9-10.JPG
    Diary - pages 9-10

    [Left page] Two meals a day. ½ pint greasy water with a bit of rice in it, and a little green. Dinner [?] at 5 p.m.
    A little [?] meat – 3 [?] 4 pieces – which [?] been stewed in the broth. Sometimes a little vegetable, but always rice which     [Right page] I loathe. A small loaf of 7 ozs once a day.

    26th November 42
    During October the tiger again appeared and looked through our bedroom window. Mrs Moss said it had 4 legs. I suppose it must have been the Indian Guard [/Grand?]!


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