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72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries


16 Feb 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 04:42 AM PST

Book / Document: 
Date(s) of events described: 
Tue, 16 Feb 1943

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Rehearsal 11 AM.

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Dress rehearsal 6PM.

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Dancing to 10PM.

Cloudy & cold.

16 Feb 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 06:54 AM PDT

Date(s) of events described: 
Tue, 16 Feb 1943

The second British Community Council has its first meeting. Mrs A. Raymond, the representative of the Married Quarters, is the only woman to serve on any of the governing councils.

 

Former internee Alfred James Hall, 56, who'd been a goods inspector with Jardine Matheson, dies in the French Hospital.

Sources:

BCC: John Stericker, Captive Colony, 1945, Chapter IX, page 1

Hall: Greg Leck, Captives of Empire, 2006, 629

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