A diarist in Shamshuipo POW Camp records:
Stanley reported to be overcrowded & much free love being practised.
Tony Banham comments that 'the truth was less exotic', and indeed most accounts of camp life report that the combination of hunger, poor nutrition and lack of privacy inhibits most people's interest in sex. There are a number of 'camp romances' though, some of which will cause problems after the war.
Source:
Tony Banham, We Shall Suffer There, 2009, July 5, 1942
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