72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 9 Apr 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 9 Apr 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 9 Apr 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
| 9 Apr 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:48 AM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-04-09 Some Police escaped from camp last night. Lots of good news about - re American planes over Kowloon Dock. SUMMARY Mrs G was in hospital and since her return she's been very sweet and kind to us, particularly in bringing extra soup for Mum (Mrs G worked in the kitchen), and for Mrs. K too who has just come back from hospital. During the past fortnight a kind of diarrhoea and dysentery has swept through the camp, the hospital has had to discharge patients on stretchers. There is enough porridge left for one more meal. On 20th March we learned that some people had escaped from the camp - along them Elsie Cholmondeley - the girl in National Stabilization Board of China where I might have had a job; also Van Ess, and others. Since then Roll Calls twice daily have been instituted. I don't think there's much chance of Mabel coming in from Bowen Road Hosp. Mum has lost 27 lbs. Olive has joined hospital office staff, so that Dorothy ((Holloway)) and I could have more time off. ((There was no pay for any camp work, except that heavy workers got extra rations, and most workers some extra too. For Olive and I, it was enough reward that we were on hospital rations which at that time were so much more varied than Married Q.)) More flour is coming in (but less bread), and sweet potatoes. |
| 9 Apr 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 11 Feb 2012 01:38 AM PST Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Thu, 1942-04-09 Yesterday's four escapers spend the day in hiding, and then make their way to Chi Wan village near Lei Mun, arriving at about 2.30 a.m. on the morning of April 10. Sources: Escapers: George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner of the Turnip Heads, 1994, 105 |
| 9 Apr 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 13 Mar 2012 12:28 AM PDT Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-04-09 Russians in Danzig & Warsaw. Hainan (?) captured by Allied troops. Churchill says Allied attention willl be directed to the East in one month. Guards increased around the Camp. |
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