72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
| 19 Aug 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:29 PM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sat, 19 Aug 1944 Rained heavily all night. Canteen buyer No.19. Rained all day. More Canteen gear came in. Good evening meal tonight, good by Stanley standards that is. Dreux captured. More gains in France & Russia. No news of Italy, Burma or Pacific. According to C.S. the Japs expect anything to happen here at anytime. They have promised to send in a full month's supply of rice among other things & emphasized the difficulty of getting supplies anyway. Roll on Xmas & relief as it is my guess that we shall be relieved by then. With Steve pm. Staff concerned with Stuart's promotion had meeting in which Davies ((possibly E W Davies, a lawyer)) explained the ins & outs of the case. |
| 19 Aug 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:46 PM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Sat, 19 Aug 1944 Typhoon weather (Club - Moring, 3 Van der Lelys, J.W. Fitz-Gerald, Ronnie Brooks, Marie O'Connor, Betty Hyde-Lay, Betty Drown, A. Hutton – Potts, Dorothy Keates) ((Barbara Anslow: Both Mrs Keates and her eldest daughter had the same Christian name - Dorothy. I should think the Dorothy Eric mentions is the daughter, teenager.)) 10 p.m. Block 18 "signalling to enemy" incident ????? ????? ((illegible)) |
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