72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
| 12 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:28 AM PST Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Thu, 1942-03-12 Death of Essie Jean Greenburg at the age of 46.
Mrs. Greenburg was a hotelier who'd put her 44 room premises on the market about two years before the war, citing ill health as the reason for sale.
In Chungking Phyllis Harrop wakes up at 9 a.m. after a night of deep sleep. During breakfast she is telephoned and told that a car will be sent to take her to the British Press Office and that meanwhile she mustn't talk to journalists. At the Press Office she meets two old friends, one of them Ronnie Holmes a colleague from Hong Kong.
Source:
Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 271
Phyllis Harrop, Hong Kong Incident, 1943, 188-189 |
| 12 Mar 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:16 AM PST Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-03-12 Meeting called re kitchen trouble. Vote of confidence passed. Hiscock & Fordham opposition. Rations late due to Jap celebrations. (Fall of D.E.I.) |
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