72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 6 Feb 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 6 Feb 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 06 Feb 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 06 Feb 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
| 6 Feb 1944, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 31 Mar 2012 03:49 AM PDT |
| 6 Feb 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:23 PM PST Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sun, 6 Feb 1944 Real cold snap set in. Damp & drizzly. Ground rice for Mary. 5-8pm Hosp. Nice supper on return helped with a piece of Mrs Willcock's veg. pie. |
| 06 Feb 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 23 Jan 2015 09:06 AM PST Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sun, 6 Feb 1944 Edward Reading dies at the age of 61 from angina.
Reginald Camidge is arrested and so probably is Andrew Leiper, They'e accused of burning banknotes to keep them out of Japanese hands during the hostilities and of keeping a secret set of accounts during the period - most of 1942 and until summer 1943 - they were kept out of Stanley to help in the liquidation of their bank. Both charges are true. Fellow banker William Cruickshank is probably already in custody on the same charges, Camidge and Cruickshank had been arrested and released in November 1943 but nothing is as yet known as to the charges at that time. Source: Reading: Philip Cracknell at http://battleforhongkong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/stanley-military-cemeter... Note: Andrew Leiper's book A Yen For My Thoughts (1983) gives a vivid account of his experiences in Stanley Prison and later in Canton. However, partly to spare the feelings of those related to his colleagues and partly because of memory failures after over 35 years the details of the arrests are unclear. He leaves out the 1943 arreests, for example, so is completely taken by surprise by Cruickshank's arrest in early 1944. The Stanley Camp Log (Imperial War Museum) dates Camidge's arrest today but gives no date for either Cruickshank's or Leiper's. For more information see here. |
| 06 Feb 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 29 Jan 2016 07:37 PM PST Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sun, 6 Feb 1944 Wittenbach / Alton Death – Edward Reading (61) R.A.O.C. Jenner / Pearson |
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