72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 4 Aug 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 4 Aug 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 4 Aug 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 4 Aug 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary
- 4 Aug 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
| 4 Aug 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:20 AM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Tue, 1942-08-04 Rumours that Kai Tak was bombed and working party of our men killed or wounded.  |
| 4 Aug 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 13 Mar 2012 03:56 AM PDT Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Tue, 1942-08-04 Professor Robert Cecil Robertson of the Hong Kong University Medical Department is found dead at the foot of a balcony. He had not been sent to Stanley in January 1942 but kept in university premises and forced to continue his bacteriological research under Japanese supervision. Although his work benefitted the Chinese population as well as the Japanese, he had become depressed by his situation, and suicide is a possibility. Robertson had won a Military Cross in WW1. One of his Shanghai paintings was hung in the Royal Academy in 1937. Sources: Circumstances of death: Charles G. Roland, Long Night's Journey Into Day, 2001, 194 Cross, painting: obituary in British Medical Journal, October 24, 1942  |
| 4 Aug 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 04 Jul 2012 07:12 AM PDT Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Tue, 1942-08-04 Rained but nice during the afternoon. Went for swim. Much local news. Chinese forces coming down from Canton. Kowloon partly evacuated & Jap troops at Castle Peak awaiting transport. Our Prisoners of War now in HK. Kowloon bombed. General outlook seems to be OK.  |
| 4 Aug 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary Posted: 20 Jul 2012 04:41 AM PDT Book / Document: Ella Buuck's wartime diary Date of events described: Tue, 1942-08-04 The rough weather continues. This will no doubt delay us and we may not reach Rio by Saturday. I called on Mrs. Thode this a.m. She just doesn't get up during these rough days. Rev. Klein simply stays on deck.  |
| 4 Aug 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 17 Jul 2014 12:05 AM PDT Book / Document: Eric MacNider's wartime diary Date of events described: Tue, 1942-08-04 Report on dentures by Digby, Valentine, Lanchester, Shields
Suicide of Prof. R. Cecil Robertson at B.I.  |
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