29 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 17:20

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

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