72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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• 28 Jun 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
• 28 Jun 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
• 28 Jun 1942, Rev. Buuck's autobiographical notes
• 28 Jun 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

28 Jun 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:57 AM PST Book / Document:  Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described:  Sun, 1942-06-28 Looks as if the Americans are really going away tomorrow. Rumours that rations cut by 10% - and we will be repatriated next. Highbrow concert tonight, Arthur Lay at the piano. Tim Fortescue was good in a play. Started writing new story 'Balancing Jean' - but only put the title and 'Chapter 1'.

28 Jun 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 19 May 2012 06:19 AM PDT Book / Document:  R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described:  Sun, 1942-06-28 Americans all ready to go. Vaccinated & tested for typhoid & heavy luggage in lighters. Many rumours re moves for the British. Welfare parcels arriving. Re-inforcements arrived for Egypt. Second front opened? US Red Cross re-presentatives arrived.

28 Jun 1942, Rev. Buuck's autobiographical notes Posted: 19 Jun 2012 07:14 AM PDT Book / Document:  Rev. Buuck's autobiographical notes Date of events described:  Sun, 1942-06-28 Our spirits soared when on the 28th of June, 1942, we were told that a Japanese ship, the Asama Maru, would pick us up the next morning.

28 Jun 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 27 Jun 2012 08:18 AM PDT Book / Document:  Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described:  Sun, 1942-06-28 The Kempeitai come to search the Americans' luggage - 'and it was a particularly feverish time for those of us who had concealed anything'. The luggage is placed in the roadway for inspection. Some bags are chalk marked to show they've been inspected but then left unlocked; the owners add any forbidden papers they haven't yet destroyed. It was a queer last night. We sat on the steps of the house in the moonlight, listening to the beat of the surf which was so near, yet so unreachable, and sang songs of home. Source: Gwen Dew, Prisoner of the Japs, 1943, 149-50

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