5 Sep 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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William Shaw, aged 58, dies of heart failure in bed just after lunch.
The Maryknollers receive HK$5 (presumably per head) as their share of the relief from the Pope.
Dorothy Jenner witnesses two fights: one is between a married couple, the other starts when one internee refers to another as an 'old bitch' and ends with bloodied noses.
The Optimists return to the Bowling Green 'and delight their audience'.
Captain Charles William Linklater Shearer, a retired Master Mariner, is released into Hong Kong.
Sources:
Shaw:http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367495
Shaw, Maryknollers, Optimists: Maryknoll Diary, September 5, 1942
Jenner: Christina Twomey, Australia's Forgotten Prisoners, 2007, 71
Shearer: Greg Leck, Captives of Empire, 2006, 647
