72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 8 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 8 Mar 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 8 Mar 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
| 8 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:15 AM PST Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Sun, 1942-03-08 Captain A. H. Potts and his companions, who are living in St. Stephen's Preparatory School are ordered to move to the Indian Quarters to make way for the Consular staff of the USA, Holland and Belgium: We did not enjoy the prospect of joining a community numbering over 500 in those cramped quarters. Captain Potts was in Stanley because he'd lost his uniform - he explained this to the Japanese, who nevertheless treated him as a civilian.
Daisy Sage, a 36 year old biologist with the Hong Kong Education Department, begins work on the embroidered sheet that is now usually known as the Day Joyce Sheet, a coded record of life in Stanley Camp.
Jan Marsman flies from Kweilin (Gweilin) to Chungking (Chongqing). He has a 'very long interview' with the 'military intelligence authorities' and later claims that his account of wartime atroctities was to be the basis for that in Anthony Eden's speech to the House of Commons. Sources: Potts: John Luff, The Hidden Years, 1967, 181;165 Sage: Bernice Archer, The Internment of Western Civilians Under the Japanese, 2004, 15 Marsman:Jan Marsman, I Escaped From Hong Kong, 1942, 246 Note: For Eden's speech, see March 10. In fact a draft had been made on March 5. |
| 8 Mar 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 10 Feb 2012 12:14 AM PST Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Sun, 1942-03-08 Fine day, did some washing. Paper news not so good. Noh maai faan ((sticky rice)) served & very few liked it. Days like this in despair of you ever coming back here darling. Walked around on the back path & past GII & let my mind wander back into the past. |
| 8 Mar 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 08 Mar 2012 06:12 AM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Sun, 1942-03-08 Had last of TAB inoculation, good for 18 months. |
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