Overcast, NE wind, colder.
Wood barrow.
A/rds 1pm – 2.20pm. More heavy stuff dropped despite low cloud & mist.
No papers.
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Overcast & colder. NE wind.
Wood barrow.
No raids today but planes heard at noon. Targets affected since Monday, Big fire A.P.C. N.Point, Star Ferry, Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon Railway Stn., Nathan Rd., Sikh Temple, French Convent, Wanchai & numerous gun positions, Lyemun & Chung Hom Kok & several vessels in harbour.
Cut up wardrobe.
Matches Y4.90 per box.
Ash tray for G.
Cold, drizzly, overcast. NE wind.
Finished wood truck.
No E. news in any papers lately. Luchu Isles seem to be ours & Japan Tokyo & Yokohama being heavily bombed daily. British Fleet coming out East. Singapore & Kaula Lumphur [sic] bombed. Jap Cabinet resigned en bloc 5th. Baron Sukuki [could he mean Baron Suzuki?] (ex Navy, 78 yrs old) ordered to form another.
Overcast, NE wind.
Quiet day, nothing doing.
Workers’ cigs issued.
Black-market about at an end, no stuff coming in.
Lorry with veg. 6pm.
Planes over & some explosions heard 11pm.
Planes over 4am.
Overcast, damp, NE wind.
Odd jobs today.
In latest raid on Tokyo propaganda leaflets dropped. Japs comment about it seems to indicate that their powers that be are very concerned & do their best to explain them away.
Lorry with nil 6pm.
Rained heavily wärhend die Nacht [during the night is a good guess!]
Germans routed on Russian Front?
Planes over 8.15pm.
Overcast, warmer, SW wind.
Rice for next period 17% cut. Water every 5 days.
Workers sugar & oil.
New baking oven.
Russia will not re-new Russo-Japanese Non Aggression Pact. Awa Maru reported missing. Vienna captured by Russians. British 50 kms from Bremen (which direction). Allied & Russian troops expect to meet in 1 weeks time (report of 5th inst.)
Brightened pm, wind to NE.
Lorry in 7pm with parcels & cigs.
Canteen has been broken into ? recently & some stock missing. Looks like an inside job to me.
Lecture on “The Convoy System” given in Block by Ingledew.
Mary gave me Y60 for Canteen.
Overcast, improved later.
Baking oven.
3 ½ pkts. cigs.
Lorry in 5.30pm.
More wood.
H.M.S. KG V damaged E of Taiwan? Japs refute US prop. re Sukuki being Peace Premier. Essen captured by Canadians.
Bright & warm.
Oven.
Oil, 3oz Sugar 1-6 & tea .6oz issued.
Plane over early am.
Stalin reports capture of Kõningsberg, 15 klms from Bremen.
Lorry in 6.30pm.
Bright & warm.
Oven.
A/r 12.45pm- 3pm. 4-engined planes dropped heavy stuff Kowloon & N.Ts.
Roosevelt dead. Truman takes over.
New Moon.
Lovely day. NE wind.
Canteen No.22.
Brackets for Clinic.
A/r alarm 11.15am – 1.30pm. Some planes but no excitement. Taiwan bombed by British Task Force (“Illustrious” & Co) Sabang bombarded by British Fleet (“Q.E.” & Co.)
Bright, warm, Wind to S later brought clouds.
Clinic, medical chest.
A/r, but no action 11am – 12.30pm.
Water on, did some washing.
Allies 65mls W of Berlin. Himmler expresses anger re Allied methods in capturing towns & at the number of places surrendering. Coburg captured (11th) 1st, 3rd & 9th Armies expected to meet .
No postcards this month.
Bright, warm.
Staples for Stores.
A/r but nothing doing 11.40am – 3pm.
Allied troops crossed Elbe 12th. Tokyo bombed heavily Palace & shrine burnt.
Lorry with veg. 6.15pm.
Warm, cloudy. S wind.
Door channel [?] in Block 13.
German lesson aft.
Fronts in E. now known as Central Front.
Cookhse staffs walked out but fresh squads organised.
Warm, cloudy, humid.
Hosp. jobs.
Japs praise Montgomery very much. 3 point drive on Berlin commenced. Tokyo & Yokohama pounded again 15-16th. Von Papen captured. Great progress made in Burma (Rangoon Plain).
Cloudy, warm.
Wire for Hosp.
1st. shower this year.
German lesson.
45klms from Berlin. On the way to Munich. 11klms from Leipzig.
Tanks & guns to Fort pm.
Hitler exhorts his people to fight on & to shoot anyone who calls for surrender.
Sudden squall, rain & drop in temp. early am. Improved pm.
Staples in A4 store door.
16mls from Berlin.
16th.
Workers oil & sugar issued.
Cloudy, fine, windy.
Debarbing wire.
Fixed up frame door for Steve.
Plane over 10pm.
New Interpreter taking over from Watanabi. He comes from US.
Bright & warm.
Plane gunned some target S. & A/r alarm 8am-9.30am.
Sugar & tea issued. No oil obtainable at present.
CS thinks Japs will surrender after Germany is finished.
Lorry arrived 6.15pm with nil.
Kirby adrift (going mental?)
and St. George’s Day.
Fine, cloudy, warm.
Hosp. clothes lines.
¼ lb Wong tong residue (7-70).
Concert in Hall “Radio Hour”. Very patriotic.
All seems very quiet.
Lorry with veg. 6.30pm.
More stuff to Fort pm.
Cloudy, warm, humid.
Outside Roll-call.
New Camp Comdt. came round.
Dream re air-raid & bombs like mines rolling up against stern of vessel over in Kowloon.
Russians in Berlin 22nd. 1,500,000 involved. Hamburg assailed & Danube crossed. Himmler there. Air attacks on Kyushu. Russia & Poland signed agreement. Dresden entered.