72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 30 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 30 Jul - 11 Aug 1942, Rev. Buuck's autobiographical notes
- 30 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 30 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary
- 30 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 30 Jul 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
| 30 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:42 AM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-07-30 Olive's 26th birthday. She made a currant bread loaf. Bill Kerr told how he had milked the cows at Pokfulam during the war, and pinched piglets! Mrs Ross died and was buried. ((She was a late middle-aged lady, on her own in camp, lived in a room 2 doors away from ours. She just gave up trying to live. Felt dreadful for her, when listing her poor little collection of personal effects at the hospital.)) |
| 30 Jul - 11 Aug 1942, Rev. Buuck's autobiographical notes Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:26 AM PDT Book / Document: Rev. Buuck's autobiographical notes Date of events described: Thu, 1942-07-30 - Tue, 1942-08-11 The boys enjoyed making use of the elevator to its seven decks and the pool on the lowest level, which actually they were not to do but boys have a way of not noticing signs and getting away with it. It took us several days until we were able to find our way around the ship without too much difficulty. Our cabin was toward the bow of the ship which at times gave us a bit of rough sailing. The dining room for our section was one deck down and a thrill to behold with its tablecloths, napkins, and the best of silverware. Each morning the Swedish cooks prepared boiled eggs, fruits and delicious pastry; at lunch the fish, steak, potatoes, and olives were a real treat. We also had ice cream and the best of Swedish desserts. Now we really began to regain some lost weight and fill out our clothes. The direction of our journey at this point was south, taking us around the Cape into the southern Atlantic, so that at the beginning of August we were in deep winter. Around the Cape the seas were angry and ran high so there were days when we were not permitted to be out on deck; however the closer we came to South America the warmer it got and the calmer the seas became. One evening we noticed that the steamer was slowing down and making a turn. Everyone rushed to the top deck and beheld an eerie sight. We were circling a freighter, burned down to the water level, still smoldering. As they could find no survivors we sailed on. |
| 30 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:26 AM PDT Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-07-30 Med. exam today in connection with Welfare Committee. All OK. B.P. 124-86. (People who left for Shanghai (26th) supposed to be still here due to lack of shipping. The vessel intended for their transport used to evacuate Japs from Canton. All Japs in out-lying districts called into HK & Kowloon. Kowloon bombed today (dock-area) Some Indians employed locally sent away somewhere else. Burmese turn against Japanese. Rommell pushed back. American troops take over Iraq from British) |
| 30 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary Posted: 10 Jul 2012 02:11 AM PDT Book / Document: Ella Buuck's wartime diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-07-30 The ship is doing a bit more roiling and Leonard said he felt funny so he went on deck and some man felt sorry for him and gave him a quarter. He was so happy he forgot all about being sick. Dr. Taylor gave Bobby some candy, everybody enjoys giving candy to the children. |
| 30 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:11 AM PDT Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Thu, 1942-07-30 Death of Christine Miriam Ross, aged 58.
She'd been interned in the Kowloon Hotel and in Stanley lived in the Married Quarters.
Sources:
Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 271.
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| 30 Jul 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 16 Jul 2014 11:56 PM PDT Book / Document: Eric MacNider's wartime diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-07-30 Death of Christine M. Ross, widow of S.B.C. Ross, former P.M.G., HK. |
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