13 Dec 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

13 Dec 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

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Wed, 13 Dec 1944

Colder, overcast.

Clay & brick collecting.

Canteen buyer No.136.

Chopped wood for Steve & chopped my finger too.

Lorry with wood 5.15pm.

More advances made by US troops thro’ Siegfried Line, 20mls from Cologne. Frazer app’t’d C in C. P.F. ((Bruce Fraser took command of the British Pacific Fleet in December 1944: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Fraser,_1st_Baron_Fraser_of_North_Cape))

Water on.