29 Dec 1941, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

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The water supply is restored in Victoria (now Central).

 

At Argyle Street Camp Dr. Newton sees the Japanese guard salute as a dead British soldier is carried out. He's not impressed: he wishes the Japanese had taken more trouble with the living.

Sources:

Water: G. B. Endacott and Alan Birch, Hong Kong Eclipse, 1978, 115

Dr. Newton: Oliver Lindsay, The Lasting Honour, 1980 ed., 164

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