29 Dec 1941, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2012-12-04 00:16
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Date(s) of events described:
Mon, 29 Dec 1941
The water supply is restored in Victoria (now Central).
At Argyle Street Camp Dr. Newton sees the Japanese guard salute as a dead British soldier is carried out. He's not impressed: he wishes the Japanese had taken more trouble with the living.
Sources:
Water: G. B. Endacott and Alan Birch, Hong Kong Eclipse, 1978, 115
Dr. Newton: Oliver Lindsay, The Lasting Honour, 1980 ed., 164