Eric MacNider's wartime diary: View pages

Death - James Owens (44)

Had operation for fissure (Digby, Loan, Barwell)

Short (reference to Roosevelt) / Ream

St. George's Day concert (Mrs. Tebbutt + C.S.Hall)

Outdoor a.m. roll-call

"36% of Germany occupied"

"Russians fighting in suburbs of Berlin"

"Russians pouring in Unter den Linden"

(Mr. Kochi succeeds Watanabe as official interpreter.)

Face slapping (Gray, Van der Lely, Seymour) ((Possibly Eve Gray, not sure which of the Van der Lely family, or Seymours this referred to.))

(Formosans & black marketers)

(Bulletin)

Rose (public baptism of Clemow) / Brown

Permanent blackout reminder (cigs to be lit circumspectly)

News of execution of Mussolini

((Following text undated:)) Lt. Kadowaki successor to Lt. Hara.

Death Norman Charles Barber (46))

Heard letter rec’d by Bellamy from Lincoln (Massey Rd) in which film “Desert Victory” (Montgomery’s success in Libya) is described.

Outdoor a.m. roll-call

Wt 131 lbs.

Bathing beach opened

News of death of Hitler - Goebbels suicide - Ribbentrop replaced

(News of peace terms in Europe)

Dow / Martin

“(Jubilation) The war in Europe may now be definitely said to be over.”

(Police “end of war in Europe” stake £70 won by C.P.;  £15 won by Riddell; £15 by G. Fender)

Outdoor a.m. roll-call

Wt 130 lbs.

O.T. (teeth).

Rose (thanksgiving for peace in West) / Alton

(p.m. service in block 2)

Communal garden produce to be included in rations. Sale of articles in HK through I.R.C. stopped “for time being.”