IN JAPANESE HANDS

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 200, 22 May 1944, Page 6

IN JAPANESE HANDS

N.Z. Nurses In Prison Camps News has recently been received of two New Zealand trained nurses vho ate prisoners of war in Japanese hands. They aJe Miss Violet Bargrove and Mrs. Hal (nee* Molly McMurray), a graduate of Auckland ‘Hospital. M rs ™. , ? S ,;.k terned in a prison eamp in Shanghai with i •« infauF mid they are both well. Bhmsss Sts ?•” "•rove and information regarding prison S waste in Septembei’”l943, said the writer There were eight camps in and aroun t!-^ a ”? fl hai for civilians, and there '\ cre 1700 in the camp referred to. It 'was ei n iit ,milesout of the city M iss * ar ;™! nursed in the camp hospital. The inp was self-governed, and all woik was clone bv the internees. Schools, sports, language classes and entertainment were organized, and there was a library of sorts. “We were able to get a monthly comfort allowance, made possible by our Governments, which I believe the Consul-General administered, sa d the letter. “With this we could buy ms cuits jam, peanut butter aud the like at‘ the Our committee also bought extra rations, eggs, vegetables and fruit when available; for these rations fhev debited our accounts. Almost everyone received a parcel each month, sent in bv neutral friends, or left them ready“o be sent in. The deliveries were done by the Red Cross. I trust all internees will receive some of the parcels which the U.S.A, and Canadian Red Cross sent® we saw thousands being transferred onto the Japanese boat which took us to Goa. . . . Naturally we were crowded. and I think all, wanted privacy more than anything else.”