05 Dec 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Fri, 2015-12-04 19:01
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Date(s) of events described:
Sun, 5 Dec 1943
Death from cancer of Lilian May MacGowan, linen store manager at Queen Mary Hospital.
The fifth draft of Prisoners of War sent to work in Japan leaves Hong kong today when 496 men set sail at 4 p.m. on the Soong Cheong. On December 21 they are transferred to a troopship, the Toyama Maru, because the Soong Cheong's engines give out.
The new ship, after a storm-tossed voyage, will dock in a freezing Japan on January 6th.
Sources:
Tony Banham, We Shall Suffer There, Kindle Edition, Locations 2108-2133
MacGowan: Philip Cracknell at http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/stanley-military-cemeter...
