Diet – March 1942
May 24, 2009
It was a week or two before the Japanese began to issue rations to the 50,000 or so prisoners at Changi. Food was very short, the POWs having to rely on any supplies they had managed to bring with them. The meagre and eclectic nature of the diet is evident from my father’s notes.
Diet P.O.W.
Tuesday 17th March
Breakfast 9am; 9:30am
2 slices of bread (no yeast; sour)
Desert spoonful pork lard
Mug of tea
Dinner (Tiffin) 1:30pm; 2:00pm
Boiled rice with salmon mixed
1 slice of bread
Tea (Supper) 6:00pm; 6:45pm
Boiled rice with corned beef & a little mango boiled up together.
1 slice beetroot
1 slice of bread
Mug of tea
