72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 12 Oct 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
- 12 Oct 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 12 Oct 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
- 12 Oct 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
| 12 Oct 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:03 PM PST Book / Document: Barbara Anslow's diary Date of events described: Mon, 1942-10-12 Dreadful headlines in Jap paper - the 'Lisbon Maru' which went down on 1st October was full of Hong Kong troops; supposedly 1,800 troops on board and 900 saved. One survivor said a 'Major M. Greenwood' among the missing; the rank could be mixed up, feel so sorry for Mrs G if it's her husband (he isn't a Major). Don't think Topper or Sid or Arthur would be classed as technicians (which we understood these troops were), but it's an awful doubt in everyone's mind. Haven't told Mabel about the ship but she's bound to know sooner or later - dreadful, because she's doing so well. ((Topper, Olive's fiance, was in R.A.; Sid (Royal Scots) was Mabel's boyfriend; Arthur (Royal Scots) a friend of mine.))  |
| 12 Oct 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:20 PM PDT Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Mon, 1942-10-12 Camp women much upset by paper report of sinking of Lisbon Maru with loss of 900 HK prisoners of war. The report makes itself ridiculous in detail although perhaps the ship was lost with loss of life. No news.  |
| 12 Oct 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 19 Dec 2013 11:54 AM PST Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Mon, 1942-10-12 The Hong Kong News carries a grim headline: Hong Kong Prisoners On Torpedoed Vessel Nearly Half Of Total Lost Through Action Of American Submarine The article claims that the more than 900 British POWs who survived expressed 'chagrin' that their comrades lives had been lost through the action of an Allied power and 'gratitude' to the Japanese authorities for their treatment. In reality the submarine Grouper didn't know the Lisbon Maru was carrying prisoners because, contrary to international convention it wasn't marked as such and the Japanese battened down the hatches and shot prisoners who broke out as the ship slowly sunk. Chinese fishermen saved about 200 men, some swum to safety, while the Japanese eventually rescued the rest.
Barbara Anslow's diary for October 8 shows that the internees had got news of the sinking before they read today's paper. Emily Hahn notes the reaction of the Allied civilians in town: Hong Kong when the news came to us was a pit of horrible misery and the Japanese rubbed it in cruelly in the paper Source: Pit of misery: Emily Hahn, China To Me, 1986 ed., 409 Note: For the story of the Lisbon Maru, see the Chronology for September 25, SEpte,ber 27, October 1 and October 6.  |
| 12 Oct 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 08 Jul 2014 08:09 AM PDT Book / Document: Eric MacNider's wartime diary Date of events described: Mon, 1942-10-12 Valtorta visited Camp. Desks and chairs brought in for school children  |
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