15 Oct 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Fri, 15 Oct 1943
Fine & dry.
Canteen for Stone/Store [?]
Concert at St Stephen’s pm well received.
¼ lb lard issued free. Very welcome, so was the mutton pasty.
Plenty people going sick from St Stephens.
A Mrs Potts came in from town, said Hatori told her of repatriation at beginning of Dec. also that Jap paper news is at least 2 wks old.
((Brian Edgar: This was Suzie Potts, wife of A. H. Potts.
She claimed French nationality through her mother at start of war, but decided to go into Camp because her son was sent to Stanley from Shanghai (he'd been at school in Qingdao but ended up interned in Shanghai with a man called Hawkins who was looking after him.)
Emily Hahn writes about the family in China To Me.
Source: RTHK interview with Alex Potts.))
