72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 19 Jan 1942: RE Jones Diary
- 19 Jan 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 19 Jan 1942, Notes on Stanley Internment Camp, March 1942
| Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:58 PM PST Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Mon, 1942-01-19 Finished the ladder. Rumours re Russians attacking Japan & of the Japs being told to get out of HK or be bombed out. The news is supposed to be authentic so we are feeling somewhat bucked. Pris's changed into their own clothing. Ko So came to see me. |
| 19 Jan 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:15 AM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Mon, 1942-01-19 Bad throat. Very cold. Fire opposite us in the night - very near thing. There were just sooty sparks at first ((from the tenements on other side of the road)), but later the fire really got going. All the gongs in the neighbourhood were beating as alarms, several huge tongues of fire blew over in our direction. |
| 19 Jan 1942, Notes on Stanley Internment Camp, March 1942 Posted: 13 Apr 2012 12:24 AM PDT Book / Document: Notes on Stanley Internment Camp, March 1942 Date of events described: Mon, 1942-01-19 The Queen Mary Hospital, with staff and patients, was moved to Stanley on January 19 and installed in the old Indian Single Warder's Quarters ... |
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