Tuesday, February 2, 2016

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries


3 Feb 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 03:45 AM PDT

Book / Document: 
Date(s) of events described: 
Thu, 3 Feb 1944

Mrs Doris Groves died during childbirth, also the baby Arthur, leaving a husband and 3-year old Joyce in camp.  (In 1942 Mrs Groves had also had a son who had died at birth).

3 Feb 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Posted: 03 Feb 2014 06:50 AM PST

Book / Document: 
Date(s) of events described: 
Thu, 3 Feb 1944

Humid, warmer.

New guards took over & they seem to be OK. young & self-conscious.

German lesson.

2-5pm Hosp.

With Steve pm.

Made up Canteen list.135.

Rumours of some improvements to come.

Tea & sugar issue perhaps.

03 Feb 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 06:04 AM PDT

Date(s) of events described: 
Thu, 3 Feb 1944

Mrs. Doris Groves dies at the age of 27. She falls victim to a haemorrhage after giving birth to a premature baby, Arthur, who also dies.

She left a policeman husband and a young daughter Joyce in Camp.

Source:

Bernice Archer and Kent Federowich, The Women of Stanley: Internment 1942-1945, 388, 2006

03 Feb 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

Posted: 29 Jan 2016 07:36 PM PST

Date(s) of events described: 
Thu, 3 Feb 1944

Death – Mrs. Doris Groves (27) & child.

Classical concert (Brown, Heasman, Talbot, Bicheno, Goodban)

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