72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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20 Aug 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 07 Jun 2014 10:55 PM PDT Book / Document:  R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date(s) of events described:  Sun, 20 Aug 1944 Planes over about 1am. Dry, overcast, squally pm. Electricity off indefinitely (for perhaps 4 days) so got our wood boiler going. Col. Takanada arrived for Camp inspection, but the General who should have come to carry it out didn't come. Water only on 6-8am & 4-6pm. Fire wood reduced by 20%. We are reduced to a stage [sic] of siege almost. The whole Camp cooking to be reorganized. We get Congee at 10am a meal at 5pm & 4oz of dry rice. The lorry that fetched the rice today is supposed to have been attacked by a Chinese mob in Kowloon. No papers. With Steve pm. No smokes. We are back to the early 1942 days again. New Moon.

20 Aug 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:47 PM PDT Book / Document:  Eric MacNider's wartime diary Date(s) of events described:  Sun, 20 Aug 1944 Short / Brown NO ELECTRICITY – Bread into congee Water 6-8 a.m 4-6 p.m. Jenner Pearson

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