17 Jan 1945, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

17 Jan 1945, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Date(s) of events described: 
Wed, 17 Jan 1945

The 14 victims of yesterday's bombing are buried in a communal grave.

George Wright-Nooth is on the grave-digging party:

While we were digging news came that two more had died in hospital, so we had to lengthen the grave.

The remains are sewn up in rice sacks, as there are no coffins.

Source:

George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner of the Turnip Heads, 1994, 241