72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 5 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 5 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 5 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary
- 5 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
| 5 Jul 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 19 Feb 2012 12:14 AM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Sun, 1942-07-05 Sebastipool gone. Thrust on Kharkov by Germans. Photos (by Japs) were being taken in the food queue today. ((Perhaps this was when this food queue photo which appears in some books was taken:
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| 5 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:40 AM PDT Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Sun, 1942-07-05 Two years ago today Marj went away, two years wasted. I wonder what you think of it all dearest. It is raining too just as it was two years ago on that hateful day. Shall I be seeing you before this year is out I wonder Marj pal. Shifted to A.4. D.room (The Single Officers dining room) Lyle, Jones ((probably means himself)), McGrath, Rae, Fitzgerald, Gemmell & Excell.  |
| 5 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:38 AM PDT Book / Document: Ella Buuck's wartime diary Date of events described: Sun, 1942-07-05 Sunday. First of all I had a shampoo and set. Then we had services at 10:30 in Mrs. Ziegler's room. There seemed to be singing and services in a number of places. There is a plan to have all the children play at certain times and places on board. It's causing quite a stir.  |
| 5 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 02 Dec 2013 03:04 AM PST Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Sun, 1942-07-05 A diarist in Shamshuipo POW Camp records: Stanley reported to be overcrowded & much free love being practised. Tony Banham comments that 'the truth was less exotic', and indeed most accounts of camp life report that the combination of hunger, poor nutrition and lack of privacy inhibits most people's interest in sex. There are a number of 'camp romances' though, some of which will cause problems after the war. Source: Tony Banham, We Shall Suffer There, 2009, July 5, 1942  |
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