29 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 2012-01-23 17:20
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Date(s) of events described:
Sun, 29 Mar 1942
F. W. Shaftain, the police force's Director of Criminal Intelligence, is himself accused of a crime.
He's going home about curfew time (8 p.m.) when he's stopped by a guard who takes him at revolver point to the prison, where's he's searched by the Commandant and found to be in possesion of a jar of marmite. His story that he bought it for $55 is not believed and he's threatened and has a gun pointed at his head. After about half an hour, he's released.
Source:
George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner Of The Turnip Heads, 1994, 96
