16 years since we left Hong Kong in 1929.
Repatriation rumours - ship in Manila!
To club meeting. Harold Bidwell talked about Beaumont College.
Air raid alarms. We ate at 4pm because every one had to be indoors 4-30 - 5.30pm, people - some of them Europeans - went out from Gaol.
Finished writing 'Balancing Jean' very badly and scrappily.
A number of Allied prisoners, both civilian and military, are moved from Stanley Prison to a jail in Canton.
These include former Stanleyites William Anderson, Andrew Leiper, Reginald Camidge, W. A. Cruickshank and Hugo Foy,
Source:
China Mail, October 17, 1945, page 2
am outdoor roll-call
4.30 - 5.30 pm to stay in rooms, not to look out of windows - order was cancelled at 4.20 - apparently Europe ????? ((unclear - written in shorthand?))
Hot & heavy weather. SW wind cloudy.
Bit of a row with Franks in Congee queue.
Hosp. taps & wheelbarrow repairs.
Another ring for Mrs Willcocks.
Sugar 1.4oz & tea .6oz issued 10 day supply.
A/r alarm 10.45am – 11.30 & 12.30 to 1.50pm.
Stilwell & McArthur in Manilla [sic]. Stilwell had C.K.Shek [Chiang Kai-shek!] clear out adverse elements in Chinese forces. Jap. Naval Base bombed so heavily the Jap naval vessels had to put to sea where they received a nice battering. We have enough land bases for planes that A/c carriers are no longer necessary. “Queen Mary”, “Normandie” & “Aquitania” carrying out 1 div. fully equipped troops per trip. 150,000 troops & 6,000 tanks already in Luzon. 2/3s of Canton smashed up & China land offensive has commenced. San Francisco Conf. wound up with all Ps settled.
Road closed 4pm. Bus load of E. Pris’s left the Gaol.
With G & Michael [?] on beach. ((Not sure which Michael this is))