1 Dec 1941, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2012-03-02 18:00
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Date(s) of events described:
Mon, 1 Dec 1941
Director of Medical Services Selwyn-Selwyn Clarke makes an appeal:
Recruits are needed for the Auxiliary Medical Corps, including nurses, stretcher-bearers, clerks (male and female), telephonists and those with experience of social work.
Alfred Duff Cooper sends a message from Singapore, where he's 'Resident Cabinet Minister', to Hong Kong's ' Bachelor Husbands': he met the evacuated wives when he was in Australia, he understood their feelings, but it would be wrong for them to return to Hong Kong at the moment.
Source:
John Luff, The Hidden Years, 1967, 12
