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72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

8 Sep 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 07:56 PM PST

Book / Document: 
Barbara Anslow's diary
Date of events described: 
Tue, 1942-09-08

Electricity came on again today - we've ((in Married Q)) been off about 4 days, and most of camp about a week.

To French conversation class this afternoon.

Tony (Cole) called and gave me a small empty 1936 diary, and some cumquots ((small Chinese hard fruit which sometimes fruited within camp precincts.))

8 Sep 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:04 AM PDT

Book / Document: 
R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Date of events described: 
Tue, 1942-09-08

No news.

A new craze has beset the Camp. It consists of a piece of polished wood at the edges of which numerals, the alphabet, months & the words Yes & No are placed. A port wine glass is placed upside down  in the centre of the board & persons asking questions place a finger on the bottom of the glass which then moves and gives the answer.

Tried it tonight with Steve, Hiscock ((sic. probably Hircock)), Mrs Stevens ((possibly "Steve's" wife, M A Stevens - but why so formal?)) & McLin [?] ((not sure who that is)) & myself. Only part successful. Tonight it told us that the Japs would leave by Oct 5th & that I would see Marj Dec.1946.

8 Sep 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 04:04 AM PDT

Book / Document: 
Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Date of events described: 
Tue, 1942-09-08

The Chinese Volunteers are released from Shamshuipo. They spend a few days in St. Teresa's Hopsital, are forced to sign a promise not to fight again, and then they're free.

Maximo Cheng, one of those released, states that no explanation for their release was given to the POWs. It's possible that this was a Japanese attempt to win credibility for their 'Asia for the Asians' claims. According to another Volunteer POW, the Japanese always showed partiality to the Chinese in Shamshuipo: 'they never ill-treated us.'

But Raymond Mok, another POW freed today, says that some of his fellows thought the reason for the release was economic: outside Camp the Japanese wouldn't have to feed them and they could work for their rations.

Both Cheng and Mok escaped from Hong Kong and carried on the fight, Cheng wit the Chindits, Mok as a BAAG Medical Officer.

Sources:

Chen: Interview with Maximo Chen,  http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80020175

Partiality: Peter Tan, cited in Peter Cunich, A History of the University of Hong Kong, Volume 1, 2012, 541

Mok: Interview with Dr Raymond Mok, http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80020174

8 Sep 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 07:39 AM PDT

Book / Document: 
Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Date of events described: 
Tue, 1942-09-08

Stericker ("Cigarettes & Cigarette making" 32,000,000 Bri Isles 5 months. 2,000,000,000 cigt, per yr.)
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