1 May 1945, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

At about this time Lieutenant Kadowaki becomes the final Commandant of Stanley Camp:

He was comparatively tall and lean for a Japanese in a soft job...He had an odd walk, an exaggerated thrusting forward of the leg, rather than the expected waddle...(He) was a stickler for military etiquette.

Back in Britain there's mixed news for families with loved ones in Hong Kong: citing a War Office report, the Daily Mirror (page 3) says that the Japanese have been pilfering or holding back Red Cross parcels meant for internees. Nevertheless, the situation now is much better than it has been. Readers of the communist Daily Worker (page 4) also learn that a Red Cross delegate visited the camps last December and reported an improvement. The death rate, says the paper, is low.

Source:

George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner of the Turnip Heads, 1994, 243.

Note:

Wright-Nooth claims Kadowaki came towards the end of April while Geoffrey Emerson dates his arrival to May.