Diary pages from this date

Olive arrived a couple of days ago with Food Control staff - now 5 in the room, plus for a few days Baby Jean.

Fish today - smell put me off.  Kellogs is stale.  Diet devastating - rice and fish, or stew.  When Kellogs and Oxo run out I shall just have to eat rice ((had always hated it!))   Stew dreadful too.  Luckily Mum has some tea.

Danny Wilson (Peggy's husband) was taken ill with pneumonia the day we left Tai Koon, and he and Peggy went to hospital in town so they haven't arrived yet.  I met up with Uncle Sidney, we went for a walk up through the cemetry, saw Ronald Egan's grave ((he was an acquaintance in the Volunteers; hanging on the makeshift cross on his grave was his steel helmet with bullet hole through it.)) Also communal grave of the VADs and others murdered at St Stephens.

Mum and I met Mrs Hogg (who had been at Military Hospital).  She said that having Sid there (patient) was all that had saved Mabel's reason during the raids.

More of the people living on the Peak are sent into Stanley.

The Protestant denominations in Camp agree it would be 'ridiculous' to hold separate church services:

On the very first Sunday there was a United Communion or Eucharist at 9.00 a.m. with worship services at 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.

Source:

Peak: Phyllis Harrop, Hong Kong Incident, 1944, 125

Services: Bill Ream, Too Hot For Comfort, 1988, 52

Note:

There are about 400 Catholics in Stanley and they hold their own services. So do the Christian Scientists.

Sandbach/Wittenbach.

End of first month since surrender. Japanese ordered display of flags, which hawkers selling at $5 and $3. 

Nothing to do but wander around & see fresh faces. Looked at G2 all seems to be clean & tidy. Food poor & scanty. Had we known that we were to be interned here we could have buried & hidden quite a lot of useful stuff from the Prison.