03 Oct 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

03 Oct 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

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Wed, 3 Oct 1945

Went onshore 9am & contacted G 10.20 Womens Services Hosp. Sat on front for while & then to Galle Face Hotel. Did some shopping Cagills Green shoes & came on board again 3pm. Sent note onshore by R.C.

((Jones likely went shopping at the Cargills Department store, still standing in Colombo today:

Millers.jpg
"Millers" by Mystìc at the English language Wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons.

))