foodwarsisan

Being a prisoner of war is no better either. Two days after the Surrender at Singapore 17 Feb 1942 Allied troops were ordered to gather all the food and clothing they could carry and march to Changi the former British garrison of about 25 square kilometres on the north-eastern tip of the island. Changi Prison Survivor A Gallery From Eyewitness Radio New Zealand National Changi Prisoners Of War Prison Australian prisoners of war standing with their cooking utensils in the Changi prisoner of war camp. Changi prisoner of war camp food . Prisoners-of-war in Changi did suffer deprivation and loss of self-esteem but conditions were not appalling. And from 1943 Dutch civilians brought over by the Japanese from the islands in the Dutch East Indies now Indonesia. It became a common practice in Changi for small groups of men to look after each other - whether through theft or trading the small groups of friends would scrounge some food and share it between. Over 20000 British and Au...