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Mysterious air raid sirens in afternoon and night.

Fixed up guitar.

Usual walk p.m.

Remainder of $75 parcels for Am. Arrived – also Dutch parcels.

We have been having some lovely weather recently. The early part of this month was very hot with the S.W. monsoon wind blowing. As our room faces East there was little or no air moving in the room and the nights were very hot. Vera, bless her, lent us a beautiful green sheet which saved us sleeping on a hot blanket. Actually, Yvonne had put both our mintois into one cover and had cut the other cover, thus making two sheets, albeit somewhat stained by marks from the floor and the red cement skirting to the room.

News arrived in Camp but I’ll get it tomorrow.

Getting very fed up with this combined Bakery & Kindergarten. ((What does that mean?))

Tonight concert given to the Americans because they are due to leave soon.  Costumes grand. Carol Bateman arranged it.  Graceful dancing, piano duet by Elizabeth Drown and Mrs Barton.  Chorus with good lines about how 'we do like to be beside the sea-side', and 'the joys of Stanley prom, but the lack of to and from.' It was on the Prison Officers' club ground - lovely and cool.  At the end Mr Gimson gave a good speech, and said more than one would have expected.

Professor R. C. Robertson has been forced by the Japanese to stay outside Stanley and continue his work at the Bacteriological Institute. Today he uses a staff member who's escaping from Hong Kong to send out an account of conditions in the Captured Territory:

Rioting going on in Germany & Italy. Rommell fled to desert.

Farewell Concert given to Americans on Club verandah. The bowling green had a record crowd on it.

Eventually gave the big concert as a farewell to the Americans who hope to be repatriated soon. It was held in the open air to a large audience of about 4000.  And was a great success.  

Two nurses here were suddenly informed this evening to be ready to go to Bowen Road Hospital tomorrow at 10 ((I think they had volunteered earlier to go)), that must mean some must be coming here. Hope that Mabel will be among those to come in.

Tonight Mum and I started brushing up our French with Mrs Cryan.

(Alton) / Upsdell.

I have forgotten to mention the all exciting escapes from this camp. Just before Yamashita arrived to take charge here (with Nakasawa as his second in command) two separate parties of people escaped on the same night. There were three Americans (merchant seaman I think) and five British.

U.K., U.S.A. & U.S.S.R. sign Non-Aggression & Mutual Aid Pact. French west coast Ports told to evacuate inland?

German lesson.

Results of Aleutian & Midway Battles still trickling in. US Navy to throw a blockade line across the Pacific?

Hill up again. ((Probably F. N. Hill))

Heavy showers.

Have been very depressed today. Je suis trés triste sans ma petite bonne femme a dorée. Mon Dieu! How much longer are we to be separated!

Weighed again today - up to 142 so the diet  is agreeing with me  - more bread  has helped everybody.

Up early. Raining, so got into my shorts, borrowed Mrs G's clogs and short mack, and hurried up to admin. bungalow on hill.  Heaps of people waiting there - men for the ration lorry; some to collect parcels sent them from people in town, and nurses waiting to go to B.

Parcels for bungalows.

Bradbury returned from skinning tiger.

Showery.

News of Allied successes in Midway etc confirmed.

But Mabel came, after all, about 4.30pm.