72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 20 Jan 1942: RE Jones Diary
- 20 Jan 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 20 Jan 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary
| Posted: 23 Dec 2011 09:59 PM PST Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Tue, 1942-01-20 Pris's did not go out today as arranged. Few internees arrived D Block & patients arrived from QM Hospital with some staff. |
| 20 Jan 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:22 PM PST Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Tue, 1942-01-20 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
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| 20 Jan 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary Posted: 05 Jan 2013 06:21 AM PST Book / Document: Harry Ching's wartime diary Date of events described: Tue, 1942-01-20 Some of lesser banks permitted pay out to depositors. Only $50 per head. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank not included "because it has not yet completed returns of more than 18,000 savings accounts". I went to Chase Bank and got $50 in the Chinese $5 notes overprinted Hongkong $1. Post Office reopened; small sign of return normal conditions. 10 p.m. air raid siren, first since surrender. Rumour two planes made reconnaissance over Kowloon. |
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