10 Apr 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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The Japanese give permission for short messages to be sent to Hong Kong Prisoners of War - but on April 25 it's learnt they haven't yet been sent.
The four escapers of April 8 are recaptured after approaching a Chinese man named Wong and asking for helping crossing to the mainland. Unfortunately the Lei Mun area is a hotbed of Chinese who sympathise with the occupiers. Wong, a fluent Japanese speaker, informs the Japanese army, and first Morrison and then the others are apprehended. Randall is wounded by a Chinese during his capture.
They are taken to the Happy Valley Gendarmerie and held for five weeks in overcrowded and filthy conditions and fed on two small bowls of rice a day, sometimes accompanied by a little coarse salt and water.
Sources:
Permission: John Stericker, A Tear For The Dragon, 1958, 173
Escapers: George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner of the Turnip Heads, 1994, 105, 102, 259
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See also entries for April 8, April 9 and June 20 (all 1942) and June 20, 1944
