21 September 2025
Following a period of rest & recuperation in the US (San Francisco) Harry finally returned home arriving in Southampton and travelling up to Oban, Scotland to be reunited with his family. Eventually, he would settle in Liverpool, buying up two shops, one with a milkshake bar (US influence perhaps) and
20 September 1945
Reveille 4am. Parade 5:30am. Entrained 6am. Left Miyata 6.24. Reached Nagasaki 12.50. It is absolutely incredible but Nagasaki is in a worse condition than Quetta was after the earthquake (1935). In the whole town, which is very extensive, there are not the shells of half a dozen
19 September 1945
Busily cleaning up and packing ready for moving tomorrow. Now, at 10 o/c to cap it all, the planes are over and dropping loads of 10 in 1 rations. Six drops were made and 500 packages of these rations collected. They will not be of any use to us
18 September 1945
The gale has blown itself out and everything is peaceful again and things are looking shipshape now that the Orderlies have got busy in cleaning up. Have been informed that we parade at 0515 hrs on 20th ready for ,moving off and reach Nagasaki round about midday.
17 September 1945
The Delegates turned up today and we have just been along to fill in the forms required, we were told we leave on 19th. Some more relief goods came in today. lt has been miserably wet these last three days and tonight there is a proper gale blowing. I think
16 September 1945
A couple of days back we got news that a Chinese Civilian Camp was badly off for food, cigarettes, they had received no relief goods whatsoever so we made a collection of cigarettes for them yesterday and sent them over today. We are now going to send, as soon as
15 September 1945
The Commission did not turn up yesterday. Went out on a jaunt in a car and had a picnic lunch on the side of the road, managed to buy 3 eggs apiece and some onions. Two eggs with the evening meal was a great change. The 10 stretcher cases left
14 September 1945
Four members of the Allied Evacuation Committee are visiting the Camp today, and I believe a slap-up lunch is being prepared for them. I understand No. 3 Camp have been ordered to send their surplus goods to us as their Camp is being cleared out. Some lorries have been sent
13 September 1945
At last word has come through regarding our evacuation. We move by ship from Nagasaki and leave this Camp on the 19th. Some camps begin evacuation tomorrow. It appears that everybody is being sent to Manilla where they have 4 Camps about 30 miles outside the town capable of accommodating
12 September 1945
One of the fellows got a note from one of the party that left yesterday for Fukuoka. He says that roughly 250-300 are being evacuated daily by plane at the present time as they only have 4 planes overall that they can operate. They are widening out an aerodrome on
11 September 1945
With all these good things we are getting it is now possible, with the larger loaf from the cookhouse, to cut out rice altogether which I heartily agree is a wonderful change. I, myself, have drawn nothing from the cookhouse except soup and hot water for making cocoa and coffee.