Showers, hot, no wind.
No work today.
With G on roof 6.30 – 8pm
?G
Meat affecting some peoples tummies.
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Rained, hot & bright later.
Ground rice for G.
Window frame.
Got my Canteen W.T. & salt.
Rumour re Internees shifting to Gaol very persistent.
McArthur in Kunming. Fukien coast in our hand. 56,000 Chinese troops. Quelpart Is. attacked.
Planes about all night.
Rained heavily.
Window frame.
3 landings on Kyushu after big naval battle 21st.
More planes.
Heavy showers all day. SW wind.
Lep. window fitting.
Very fed up. No G no smokes.
Extract from Statement re Rations covering 1942 – May 1945 sent to Tokyo
| Min. by L of Ns. [League of Nations?] |
Supplied | |
| Protein | 75 | 36.8 |
| Fats | 50 | 21.4 |
| Carb.Hyd. | 400 | 348.9 |
| Calories | 2,400 | 1738 |
| V.A. | 5000 | 610 |
| V.B1 | 250-500 | 172 |
| V.B2 | 400-800 | 94 |
| V.C. | 50-75 | 54 |
| Calcium | 0.8 | 0.287 |
| Phosph. | 1.2 | 0.591 |
| Iron | 0.012 | 0.0081 |
Average weight of fit man 129 lbs
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Bright & hot.
Fitted in window frame at Lep.
Lorry with meat & veg 6pm.
Made 3 more rings.
Some meat stolen, thrown off the lorry before arrival & later sold.
NE wind, warm, showery.
Slight temp 101’ this am but normal by 10am on G’s thermometer.
Workers’ sugar.
Spring-cleaning finished.
We all hope for a happy month, for something to happen for our good.
Lorry with veg 7pm.
Mrs Harrison barging about 10pm.
Booze party at Franks. ((Probably fellow Prison Officer, E S Franks.))
Beach open & a pm ∴
Bright, hot, no wind.
Planes about early am.
Glazing in Lep.
With Steve pm.
No smokes.
Sugar 1.6oz & tea 1oz issued.
Russia warns Japan to surrender? ∴
Another US Independence Day.
Cloudy, hot, showery. S wind.
Window in Lep.
Awfully fed up am.
(Rumours. Enough British troops in Luzon to re-take Singapore & HK. Chinese warned to be ready for an attack on Colony. Chungking & Red Armies converging on Ning Po)
Dug potatoes pm 7lbs Gs ∴
Cool, showery, E wind.
Outside roll-call. Some unpleasantness, the rats are bad tempered about something.[He’s drawn an arrow linking this statement to the one about Russia declaring war]
Ring for G’s friend.
Cigs now 35Y. 4/1d each.
Mary lent me Y75 for Canteen, to G.
Russia declared war on Japan 4th?
W.T. ¼ Tea ¼ Salt ¼ ½ box matches. ∴
Overcast, showers, strong E wind, cool.
Finished glazing Lep. window.
Spoon for G, sat 3.30pm – 4.30pm. so nice.
No smokes, no news.
Lorry in 10.30pm. Meat & Black market goods.
∴x
Overcast, showery. Cool, S wind.
Chopped wood V & G.
With Steve aft. real flour cake.
Ring for Ying.
No flag up. No rescription [?] in East.
Black-market stuff: Lard 875Y. Sugar 300Y. Sardines 400Y.
Weather improved pm.
Lorry with veg. 10pm. ∴
Humid, showery SW wind.
Finished off Lep. window.
Col. came in.
Engineers etc. checked up by Japs. Much conjecture re reason.
Flower vase from ½ “ U.S.A.F. cartridge to G.
Outside roll-call due to Reid being absent. (Some trouble re sugar stolen from go-down) ∴
Guard about Camp all night in connection with Reid.
Humid, cloudy, showery.
Made door etc. for Hosp.Cookhse fire. Ring & small urn for V.
Reid found & retained re stolen sugar.
Lorry with veg 7pm.
New Moon.
G not so good ∴
Workers sugar.
Hot, showery. SW wind.
Odd jobs.
Outside roll-call. No incidents.
A/r alarm 11.45-1.30pm.
Another vase ex ½ “ cartridge to G.
3 ½ pkts. cigs issued Y5-60. Black-market price Y36 per pkt £2-2-0 ∴
Trouble re Reid apparently over. He is a bad lot altogether it seems, a future gaolbird.
R.C. beans & bran arrived.
