72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 24 Apr 1943, Harry Ching's wartime diary
- 24 Apr 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 24 Apr 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
| 24 Apr 1943, Harry Ching's wartime diary Posted: 23 Mar 2013 01:59 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sat, 24 Apr 1943 Home. Weight 113 lb at month's end. |
| 24 Apr 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 12 Apr 2013 07:05 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sat, 24 Apr 1943 |
| 24 Apr 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 22 May 2014 08:14 PM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sat, 24 Apr 1943 The Gendarmes go to Wah Yan College and at about 6.30 a.m. arrest Canadian (claiming Irish nationality) Thomas Monaghan for his role in organising escapes. Jesuit Father Bourke is in the Wah Yan College chapel during morning prayers when he sees six Gendarmes, looking 'tense and grim' arrive. One is left on guard while the others go upstairs. Half an hour later Bourke watches Mongahan being led to the prison van - he smiles as he passes, and that's the last Bourke will ever see of him. Then two of the Jesuits themselves - Father Patrick Joy and Father Gerard Casey - are taken a little later on less serious charges. Source: Hong Kong Public Records Office, HKMS100-1-6, 'Steering Neutral In Troubled Waters', typescript by Father Bourke Note: Other sources give May 24 for Monaghan's arrest, but as Bourke's narrative is, as far as I know, the only account by an eyewitness, I've followed its dating. |
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