20 Jan 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2012-01-11 15:22
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Date(s) of events described:
Tue, 20 Jan 1942
Daisy ('Day') Sage (later Joyce) is sent to Stanley Camp from the emergency hospital at La Salle College in Kowloon, where she'd worked in the Auxillary Nursing Service during the fighting.
Dr. Alan Barwell is also sent from Lasalle to Stanley, as is Robert E. Stott, who's he's treating for an internal hemmorrhage. Stott will later escape from the French Hospital.
Maryknoll House is taken over by the Japanese and the Maryknollers are sent to Stanley. They're in Blocks E, F and G in the Prison Warders' apartments, sleeping on camp cots, 4-7 in a room.
Sources:
Sage: Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 2008, Additional Appendix 111
Barwell and Stott: Stott's Escape Statement, pages 2 and 3 (Ride Papers)
Maryknollers: The Maryknoll Diary, 194
