72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 14 Feb 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 14 Feb 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 14 Feb 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 14 Feb 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary
| 14 Feb 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:41 AM PST Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Sat, 1942-02-14 9am all Internees to open ground NW of Prison & searched, rain & cold made things more miserable especially for women & children. Quarters searched too. Food late, 2.30 & 7.30PM & not so good either. Hurry up relief & food say we. (Vth column, Sallis, Blumenthal, Hodge?) |
| 14 Feb 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 08 Jan 2012 05:58 PM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Sat, 1942-02-14 Mincemeat and beans and a large quantity of badly cooked rice today. Am at last getting better at eating rice among other stuff. Morning off from work, but had to spend it all being searched at Stephen's Prep. School grounds by the sea. ((Japs got us all lined up, near where we first landed in Stanley. There were armed soldiers all round us. We wondered if we were to be massacred, or sent off somewhere. In fact, Japs used our absence to search through all the accommodation, presumably looking for wireless sets, weapons etc. The main worry of us Redwoods was, would they come across the opened tin of sausages with the remaining half of contents, and help themselves.... they didn't though)). |
| 14 Feb 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 11 Jul 2012 07:54 AM PDT Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Sat, 1942-02-14 American internee Norman Briggs describes today's main event: (T)he order came at 7.45 AM that the entire camp should assemble on the vacant lot by the side of the prison. Everyone had to go....Going down to the field, someone made the bright suggestion that it was going to be a massacre...I don't think he was serious, but in our frame of mind, it sounded entirely within the realm of possibility. Two women faint. One man eats his diary of the fighting. But when the search comes it isn't too bad. The internees return to their quarters to find that the real object of the exercise is to go through their rooms looking for radios and other fobidden items. They arrive back at noon, hungry because they've missed breakfast, but it takes two hours to get the fires going and prepare lunch. Source: Carol Briggs Waite, Taken In Hong Kong, 2006, Kindle Edition, Location 2802 onwards. |
| 14 Feb 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary Posted: 17 Jan 2013 01:08 AM PST Book / Document: Harry Ching's wartime diary Date of events described: Sat, 1942-02-14 We drew our rice rations for first time, half a catty per head per day as expected. |
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