72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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• 9 Feb 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
• 9 Feb 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
• 9 Feb 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

9 Feb 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:37 AM PST Book / Document:  R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described:  Mon, 1942-02-09 Not much doing today. No home news. Ex Indian old broken furniture auctioned off at ridiculous high prices. (Cane chairs $1 new going for $5) Cold & damp. Latrine trench.

9 Feb 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 08 Jan 2012 05:53 PM PST Book / Document:  Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described:  Mon, 1942-02-09 Notable for fried fish in a.m., and pasty in evening.

9 Feb 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:22 AM PST Book / Document:  Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described:  Mon, 1942-02-09 Today the first term of schooling in Camp begins.   The American community meets at 2 p.m. in the Club House Rooms and various reports are read. The Japanese have offered everyone with a bank account in Hong Kong $50 for food, but this is declined.   The newly-built American kitchen is opened.   It's the most nervous day in Jan Marsman's life. Tomorrow he begins his escape. Sources: Schooling: Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 189 Meeting, kitchen: Maryknoll Diary, February 9, 1942 Marsman: Jan Marsman, I Escaped From Hong Kong, 1942, 191

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