Date. District.
Time.
4.
Quarry Bay.
39.
19.12.4.
SH
platoon of which he, Sgt. Fox, was a member had gone for- ward in lorries at midnight as a result of the report of the landing but had been dispersed with heavy casualties. 03.00 Inspector Kirby who was on duty at No.9 Stanley Terrace looking after European women and children of the Taikoo Docks heard sounds of fighting taking place between our troops and the Japanese.
5.
Aberdeen.
Day-
6.
Quarry Bay.
7.
Bay View.
8.
9.
Western. Bay View.
An air raid took place followed by a trench mortar bom- break bardment. 07.00 Inspector Kirby was captured by the Japanese who came to
Stanley Terrace, and he was taken together with the Bri- tish women and children from the Docks to King's Road and eventually placed in the North Point Refugee Camp. Whilst in King's Road a Russian Police Sergeant with a No.337 on his tunic acted as interpreter for the Japan- ese and appeared Anti-British in his attitude. 07.30 Indian troops were observed retiring from the Tai Hang
Hills followed shortly by the enemy. The Officer in Charge kept Mr. Heath, No. 2 Sub Area Commander, informed of the position. At first he was instructed by Mr. Heath to defend the station as long as possible and then to surrender but later Mr. Fay, Assistant Superintendent of Police, told the officer in Charge to evacuate. Police at Vital Posts in the district could not be noti- fied and withdrawn as they were behind the advancing Japanese. The station was evacuated from the rear when the enemy were actually entering the tennis court in front. Personnel proceeded to No. 2 Stati on under machine gun fire but suffered no casualties.
The
07.30 The bombing of Kennedy Town and Felix Villas continued. 08.30 L.S.A.68 Campbell was wounded in the left arm by bullet
He had driven a Mr. splinters in Tin Hau Temple Road. Ablong there in a car to distribute some rice when he saw Japanese troops advancing and after the former was killed he had to abandon the car. Shortly after this he received his wound.
10.
11.
Hong Kong.
Western.
09.00 General air raids commenced.
12.
Upper Levels.
13.
Gough Hill.
14.
Hong Kong
Traffic Office.
15.
Stanley.
16.
Police H. Q. & Central.
09.15 Mount Davis and Belchers Fort suffered severe bombardment
The remainder of the district west of Whitty Street was. also shelled. Pokfulam Road from the University past Ricci Hall came under heavy shell fire. The Northcote Institute and Ricci Hall sustained damage.
Several shells as
The Pinewood Battery came under fire. the result dropped short into the district. One unexplod- ed shell went through the tent of the Police Reserve on
The men however Vital Post duty at Elliott Filter Beds. stuck to their post without panic.
The Matilda Hospital was heavily shelled.
As the result of the news being received of the Japanese! landing, nearly all the Chinese drivers of essential ser- vice vehicles absconded, taking away their vehicles when possible.
P.S. A. 69 Simpson, the Officer in Charge, was informed by the Indian Sergeant in charge of Tai Tam Vital Post, H.43, that the enemy were on the hillside near the site of the old sanitorium. He proceeded to the Post and after verifying the accuracy of the information gave instructions to the Police that they were to evacuate the post when the British troops retired. He informed the Inspector on Duty/Central of the position. The sandbag redouts for the defence of the Gloucester Building and Pedder Building were re-built in order to strengthen them. A new one was built outside Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co's Head Office, which had been