Eric MacNider's wartime diary: View pages

Zindel & J. officials visited Camp

Children's service (l. M Koodiaroff ((sp?)) p. Rose) | Martin ((Not sure if this refers to the father or son surnamed Koodiaroff.))

Banns - L. A. Searle & S.M. Mackinlay

salt fish

Typhoon weather

Five well-dressed Chinese visited jail & hosp.

am. Outdoor roll call, 178 technicians left camp travelled on ancillary vessel - left 3 a.m.

Wedding - Crofton - Jex (Martin), Humphrey - Bruce

B.M. tin butter Y2,000, corned beef Y1,500

am outdoor roll-call

Wedding - Cullinan - Haynes

Camp raffle - hen monley ((sp??)) Gimson

Wittenbach (Religion & Health) / Short

Banns - W. Bruce & E.S. Woolley

B.M. N.T. Y1,500 | butter 2,500 | oil 625 | 4 ozs

am, shots fired from rifles

Trawler bombed & sunk in Tweed Bay

Death - August Olaf Pedersen (53)

Rumours rife of peace

Issue of toilet roll

Noon - "Hostilities ceased" bulletin read

Police resume duties as guards

No am roll-call.

Thanksgiving service S.S. / Sandbach / Martin / Short

Wedding - J.F. Channing & M. McCaw (Rose)

Dow / W'bach

Visitors from town by bus. M.K. Lo saw Gimson

Wedding - Wm. Watson & D. J. Scourse, T.B. Hosp. (Dow)

105 men from S.S. Po

Internees trading clothing for fish from sampan folk

"Lucky Dip" (Carol & Viv.)

((Barbara Anslow: 'Carol' may well be Carol Bateman.  'Viv' may well be Vivian Garton (male) as he was a talented performer on the Stanley stage.))

Issue 3 lbs rice

Gimson went to town for conference with Zindale

Br. Prisoner brought from Canton

Issue of milk & margarine & 10 pkts. Cigarettes

Bank prisoners arrived in camp

((Not clear if following text belongs on 25th or 26th)) Deaths - Mrs. M Hassard (59) / Hubert Overy (60)

Pigs sent into camp

Brown / --------- /

C.S.O went to town to Spanish Mission