Wednesday, July 16, 2014

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

17 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:21 AM PST

Book / Document: 
Barbara Anslow's diary
Date of events described: 
Fri, 1942-07-17

We have the mattress.. hope it's not got bugs in it. How lucky we've been in acquiring things - suitcases ((which Mum was given when at Queen Mary Hospital)), camp-beds, mattress, hot plate, Mabel (!) and FOOD.

17 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:06 AM PDT

Book / Document: 
R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Date of events described: 
Fri, 1942-07-17

Better day but humid with some rain.

4 Junks, 2 small ferries & a small coaster anchored off Stanley Pier. Junks overloaded with Chinese from the Prison (Persons of no fixed abode in HK) where they had been since Wed. afternoon. 4 bodies dumped from 1 junk in about 10 minutes. The Chinese were eventually herded on board the 2 small ferries & after the junks cast off 2 more bodies were dumped.

(130,000 troops under Gen. Bailey landed in Java)

17 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:11 AM PDT

Book / Document: 
Ella Buuck's wartime diary
Date of events described: 
Fri, 1942-07-17

It is still rough going and quite cold when the sun is down. Sunsets are perfect and moon rise is also very pretty. We sat and looked at the beautiful starlit sky last night. Also heard Mrs. Roetz's most exciting experiences during the war.

17 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 05:10 AM PST

Book / Document: 
Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Date of events described: 
Fri, 1942-07-17

Readers of the Shanghai Times are assured in an editorial that Hong Kong is 'an earthly paradise' under the Japanese occupation.

Source:

Bernard Wasserstein, Secret War in Shanghai, 1998, 170
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