Monday, August 18, 2014

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries


19 Aug 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 05:55 AM PST

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Barbara Anslow's diary
Date of events described: 
Wed, 1942-08-19

Am annoyed because the camp voting hours  ((for Council)) don't let me vote ((because of my hospital office shift)).

HK News (paper) rather depressing - about Germans pressing through the Caucasus.

19 Aug 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Posted: 09 Jul 2012 06:37 AM PDT

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R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Date of events described: 
Wed, 1942-08-19

Makings of a typhoon knocking about.

Heavy rain.

Churchill returned home from Moscow.

19 Aug 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 05:08 AM PDT

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Ella Buuck's wartime diary
Date of events described: 
Wed, 1942-08-19

It's a bit rougher and cooler. Bobby still isn't feeling well.

19 Aug 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Posted: 30 Mar 2014 08:27 AM PDT

Date of events described: 
Wed, 1942-08-19

In pouring rain from a typhoon, Doug Ferguson and Les Howarth cut through the barbed-wire at Shamshuipo.

Villagers and guerrillas help them into the hands of the British Army Aid Group, who lead them to safety.

Source:

The Hunter News, Souvenir Edition, November 2004

19 Aug 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 12:16 AM PDT

Book / Document: 
Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Date of events described: 
Wed, 1942-08-19

Typhoon weather in afternoon

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