10 Jun 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 19:57

The Hong Kong News reports that a 'fierce tiger' has been shot in Stanley Woods after a successful early morning hunt by the Hong Kong police.

It also publishes a picture of internee, B. W. Bradbury, a butcher skinning the tiger.

Edith Hamson sums up:

The tiger episode, despite the fear it engendered,  brought relief from the never-ending boredom of Camp life. With the tiger dead we resumed our dreary existence.

Sources:

Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 240

Allana Corbin, Prisoners of the East, 2002, 185

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