Death - Cecil Walter Younger (44)
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B.C.C. bulletin said Selwyn Clarke physical condition better than might have been expected after 7 months detention
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Death of schoolmaster Cecil Walter Younger, aged 44.
Source:
Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment 1942-1945, 2011, Appendix 111, page 187
Prison sports - J. flags at entrance of gaol.
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Today is the second anniversary of the attack on Hong Kong. There's a ceremony at the Japanese War Memorial on Mount Cameron.
At sundown Shinto priests carrying flaring torches conduct sacred rites designed to protect the spirits of the dead from evil. The sword master Kurihara buries a sword said to be 500 years old.
Source:
http://gwulo.com/japanese-war-memorial
Note:
See also December 8, 1942.
Franklin Gimson writes to Mr (later Colonel) Hattori, head of the Foreign Affairs Department, in an attempt to 'define, clarify and limit' the degree of personal responsibility that the Japanese Authorities are now placing on members of the British Community Council for the reports and advice they give as members.
Source:
Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment 1942-1945, 2011, 197
38 today. Betty brought a little cake & Mary sent some little pancakes. ((Betty is probably Betty Grindley))
No news. Paper full of Jap tripe.
With Steve pm.
Black-out.
Fine, colder.
Went into Tweed Bay Hospital on Tuesday to have my left big toe nail removed but Prof Digby decided against removal and has tied it up with thread, came out of hospital today also suffering from herpes (shingles) in left side, don't sleep well but hope soon to be O.K.
Fine, cold.
Uneventful day.
With Steve pm.
Black-out.
Turkey seems to be in the war. Germany asks for peaceful occupation?
(18) rejects from repatriation list. (16) women & 2 babies put on list. (Appleton, Beck, Bellamy, Cheeseman, Cheape, Davies, Douche, Jenner, Mackie, Owens, Reddish, Scragg, Shepherd, Hendrick, Weir, Edwards, Hargraves, Tocher ) ((Where there are several options for a name, I haven't linked it to any person.))
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Rainy and cold. Don't like going to town. Dreary. No friends. Plenty snoopers who may be spies.
Crowd of soldiers on exercise stop next door become playful with kids. Some speak English.
Lately taking scraps food to Smiths opposite. Their Red Cross rations mean semi-starvation. Told must go to French Hospital at end of month or forfeit aid. Zindel says Smiths costing three times normal because of house upkeep.
Fine, cold.
More rptn details issued.
Dry stores arrived.
Choir practice 5.30pm. With Steve after.
Black-out.
Money arrived?
Attempt on Goure [?] life, Germany capitulated?
Fine, cold.
4Pkts cigs.
Jap paper still full of bombastic claims.
With Steve pm.
No indication anywhere that recent rumours are true.
Black-out.
Wittenbach / Alton
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Cloudy, colder.
Uneventful.
Black-out.
With Steve pm.
Black-out.
Dull & some rain pm.
Black-out.
With Steve pm.
Blacked out ex servants lavatory in order to read at night-time.
Lousy day.
Black-out.
Chinese in town on half starch for rations.