Eric MacNider's wartime diary: View pages

2.30pm "Call It a Day" by Dodie Smith ((see 28th Sep for details))

Outdoor roll-call in rain

2.30pm "Call It a Day" by Dodie Smith ((see 28th Sep for details))

Sandbach / Brown

R.C.A.M.C. Multevit capsules issued one every other day

S.S – Heath

T.B. Hospital – Amputation of right leg of Mr. L.G.G. Westcott by Dr. J.J. Smalley, assisted by Dr. A.H. Barwell & Dr. R.M. Alderton, Dr. I. Newton

Bethoven programme (Bicheno, Heasman)

Wittenbach / Johnston

SS. - Betty Twidale

Death – Maurice Alfred Johnson (60)

Death - Maria Anne Duncan (72), wife of R. Duncan

Issue of Y12.50

Jenner & Pearson

Dow / Myhill ((sp?))

Death – Bruna Rose Humphreys (55), wife of Ernest Humphreys.

Unloaded rice from junk   7-11 p.m. Electricity resumed

Heavy p.m. Raid  36 planes

Explosion heard 9.30 p.m. approx.

HK News claim 6 planes brought down. ((“x” links this to the report of the big air raid on the 16th.))

Med. Exam – bp 100/60

Pauline Beck (Club)

Rose / Ream

Death – Maj. Gen. Francis Arthur Sutton, M.C., A.M.I.C.E. (60)

Weight 132 lbs.

SS. – Ian Heath

Got 1½  cigarettes as Kitchen worker