20 Aug 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Sun, 20 Aug 1944
Planes over about 1am.
Dry, overcast, squally pm.
Electricity off indefinitely (for perhaps 4 days) so got our wood boiler going.
Col. Takanada arrived for Camp inspection, but the General who should have come to carry it out didn’t come.
Water only on 6-8am & 4-6pm. Fire wood reduced by 20%. We are reduced to a stage [sic] of siege almost.
The whole Camp cooking to be reorganized. We get Congee at 10am a meal at 5pm & 4oz of dry rice.
The lorry that fetched the rice today is supposed to have been attacked by a Chinese mob in Kowloon.
No papers.
With Steve pm.
No smokes. We are back to the early 1942 days again.
New Moon.
