30 Apr 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Overcast, heavy rain. hot. humid. SW wind.

Water on.

Hosp. lock.

Patten captured Links [Linz?] in Austria. 2/3s of Berlin occupied.  Russians bombard with 2,000lb shells. Juveniles, women & kids are supposed to have taken up arms to defend the remainder & the only movement they can make is underground. Bremen & Hamburg capture. French & British Armies meet Russians 26th. Saigon bombed for 6 days & Tokyo & Kyushu heavily bombed.

Workers oil & sugar issued – 1.6oz & 2.4oz for 10 days.

Japs forbid any ref. to repat. or re-union in pcs. There are no more p.cs. so what? ((I think this refers to the postcards the internees could send out of camp.))

No oil due to diff. of transport across harbour.

Burma news excellent. Our forces reach ex British border.  Nothing between British & Rangoon but paddy fields.

Last time ∴G.