14 Dec 1941, A. H. Potts' wartime diary
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On 14th we got an urgent order to move 24,000 cartridges for 6 inch shells from Kennedy Magazine. I heard that there were some 28,000 six inch shells stored in various magazines and at batteries, but the bulk of the cartridges were in the old Kennedy Magazine, which was in great danger now the Japanese had reached Kowloon, as it was in full view.
We worked hard on this job all day – it was shelled on several occasions but nothing came alarmingly near us. We moved all the cartridges to Shouson Hill magazine, so they were again all in one place. The six inch batteries were scattered all over the island so I should have thought it practical to have taken a few loads to each.
That night we made another trip to Stanley, and had cleared Shouson Hill magazine of all 9.2 land directional shells.
