20 Jan 1945, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2014-03-13 18:59
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Sat, 20 Jan 1945
A Melbourne paper, The Argus, starts to publish a serialised and illustrated version of Gwen Priestwood's account of her escape. Through Japanese Barbed Wire is described as 'a Personal Account of an Amazing Journey to Chungking by an Englishwoman Who Escaped After the Fall of Hong Kong'. This initial installment takes up the first three pages of the supplementary 'Weekend Magazine'.
For her escape see the entry for March 18, 1942.
