4 Sep 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

We each received HK$5 from the Vatican.  Olive has already sent hers to Topper, Mabel and I intend to send ours to the boys tomorrow. (('The boys' were Arthur Alsey and Harry (Sid) Hale, Royal Scots, also in Shamshuipo Camp.))

We were all inoculated against cholera.

Got enamel plate from Welfare, and some white material.  ((No crockery, cutlery or bedding was supplied by the Japs - you just used whatever you were able to bring in to camp, or improvised.))
 
Olive had one big row with Miss D. Geen (Assistant Matron at hospital), ended with tears and apologies, and Miss Geen saying what a wonderful girl Olive was.

Notice on pros and cons of repatriation came round.  The gist was (among other things) that Mr Gimson had laid before the Japs a scheme  of repatriating 1,000 (women, children, aged and infirm); that any scheme the Japs would consider would embrace the large majority of us.

Most people here think it means we won't be going.