72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 24 Sep 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 24 Sep 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 24 Sep 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
| 24 Sep 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 26 Feb 2012 08:52 PM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-09-24 Delicious frothy dumpling. No more flour ration. Benediction in evening in grotto, then Catholic Action meeting. A. Bush (48) died last night of blood poisoning. Concerts have been stopped until further notice because of our 'V's last Saturday! ((The so-called Grotto was a rough and rocky space between the American Block and the (prewar) Leprosarium. The Catholics used it for open-air meetings and church services. A makeshift altar was made into the rocks at one end and a cross cemented in it. Concrete blocks which had been lying about the camp were humped there to make several rows of low and extremely hard seats. In due course most people made tiny cushions and carried them wherever they went - to concerts, meetings etc.)) |
| 24 Sep 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:22 AM PDT Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Thu, 1942-09-24 Fanling bombed? 1st day of Autumn. No news. |
| 24 Sep 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 24 Jun 2013 07:25 AM PDT Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Thu, 1942-09-24 Dorothy Jenner ('Andrea') writes in her diary that there's been 'the most awful thieving and racketeerring among ladies' working in the kitchen. Source: Christina Twomey, Australia's Forgotten Prisoners, 2007, 72 |
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