Had 4th injection.
Joyce Shaw's father died (Joyce was a friend of Mabel's, she was in Australia).
Further warning about taking too much notice of repatriation (prospects) came round today.
Optimist's Concert good, especially Vi Evans and Mr Garton. ((Vivian Garton, PWD. Vi Evans had been a neighbour of us Redwoods in Gap Road, Happy Valley. She died later in camp.))
Played around with 'planchette' gadget this evening by Una's room - I always was incredulous... never believed in it.
William Shaw, aged 58, dies of heart failure in bed just after lunch.
The Maryknollers receive HK$5 (presumably per head) as their share of the relief from the Pope.
Dorothy Jenner witnesses two fights: one is between a married couple, the other starts when one internee refers to another as an 'old bitch' and ends with bloodied noses.
The Optimists return to the Bowling Green 'and delight their audience'.
Captain Charles William Linklater Shearer, a retired Master Mariner, is released into Hong Kong.
Sources:
Shaw:http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367495
Shaw, Maryknollers, Optimists: Maryknoll Diary, September 5, 1942
Jenner: Christina Twomey, Australia's Forgotten Prisoners, 2007, 71
Shearer: Greg Leck, Captives of Empire, 2006, 647
Death of Mr. William Shaw (58)
Concert by Optimists (Carol Bateman)
All New Guinea in American hands? Foochow evacuated by Japs. Chinese making progress on Canton.
Concert.
Swim.