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72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

4 Aug 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Posted: 04 Aug 2013 01:22 PM PDT

Book / Document: 
R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Date(s) of events described: 
Wed, 4 Aug 1943

Cool & cloudy.

Writing music.

Bon came up 8.15am & I took her home at 9.45. ((G)).

Talk with Steve pm.

C.S. denies all knowledge of further repatriation orders.

5 cigs per man issued free.

New Moon.

Canadians took personal papers etc. to H.Qs to be passed.

Cholera inoculation.

4 Aug 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 09:15 AM PDT

Book / Document: 
Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Date(s) of events described: 
Wed, 4 Aug 1943

Former Prison Officer Leon Blumenthal claims that some sweet potatoes are stolen from his 'garden' outside Bungalow 'C'.

The three accused are all teenagers, but the case is taken seriously by the camp's legal system and a search warrant is issued. I have not been able to find if the case actually came before Sir Atholl MacGregor, who ran the Stanley court, and, if it did, what the verdict was.

 

Vandeleur Grayburn, Edward Streatfield and Dr. Harry Talbot receive Bibles sent in from Stanley Camp. On August 23, two days after Grayburn's death, the two survivors have their Bibles taken from them without explantion. They are never returned.

Source:

Blumenthal: Undated statement of complaint in HPRO, HKRS163-1-303

Bibles: E. P. Streatfield, Statement, in HK Public Records Office, HKMS100-1-6, 11

4 Aug 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:28 PM PDT

Book / Document: 
Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Date(s) of events described: 
Wed, 4 Aug 1943

1 pkt Royal ley for 2 men, gift of C.C.
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