72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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17 Dec 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:56 AM PST Book / Document:  Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date(s) of events described:  Fri, 17 Dec 1943 Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke is still being held in a Kempeitai cell in the Supreme Court: Day and night he lay on the filthy concrete floor of his 6'/2x5 feet cell wearing nothing but shirt and trousers and crawled over by cockroaches from a nearby latrine - conditions particularly revolting to a hygiene loving medical man and at their worst in the damp heat of a Hong Kong summer. In this loathsome spot, his legs painfully swollen with beriberi, he passed his fiftieth birthday on 17 December 1943.   Source:  Mervyn Horder, The Hard-boiled Saint: Selwyn-Clarke in Hong Kong  (viewable at:  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:PxMJeOfK3i8J:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2550548/pdf/bmj00606-0034.pdf+selwyn-clarke+trial+hong+kong+war&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjsQ44OCTqsPeG8xaZs--eYTJpQzV9O9wRqlUGfPUImBkRCOO2us7EnWPePRKAJXo0063SFiSIYNuktbAvh_jNExkfS5ZqB4qy9aZsWsO-0Yop4tzXL2lMpYyPOnRnbBz3y-hDo&sig=AHIEtbSQNb0rfQYcpzUoerkPPfOckQMCaQ

17 Dec 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 29 Nov 2013 06:02 AM PST Book / Document:  R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date(s) of events described:  Fri, 17 Dec 1943 Fine. Uneventful. A real period of doldrums this time. Cig ends & lavatory paper for smokes. Choir practice 5.30-7pm & the cup of tea with Steve. Posted card to Marj. Black-out.

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