Content Description Diary written in the Argyle Street Camp, a Japanese internment camp for officers in Kowloon, Hong Kong, during the Second World War, covering the period 1942-1945. Comprises diary pages written in pencil; section 1 covering 1 Jan. 1942 - 31 Mar. 1942; section 2 covering 1 Apr. 1942 - 31 Jul. 1942; section 3 covering 1 Aug. 1942 - 9 July 1943; section 4 covering 25 Nov. 1943 - end of Feb. 1944; section 5 covering Mar. 1944 - Sept. 1945. Together with a typed transcription of the diary,...

Scope and Contents

The archive consists of unpublished personal accounts of prisoners of war held in Italy at the time of the Italian Armistice in 1943. The accounts variously detail the individuals' war service, capture and captivity, escape from captivity, and attempts to evade recapture with the assistance of members of the Italian civilian population.