30 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Thu, 30 Jul 1942
Med. exam today in connection with Welfare Committee. All OK. B.P. 124-86.
(People who left for Shanghai (26th) supposed to be still here due to lack of shipping. The vessel intended for their transport used to evacuate Japs from Canton. All Japs in out-lying districts called into HK & Kowloon. Kowloon bombed today (dock-area) Some Indians employed locally sent away somewhere else. Burmese turn against Japanese. Rommell pushed back. American troops take over Iraq from British)