Frank Cheeseman (my grandfather) drawing of stanley interment camp (prisioner of war) hk.

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 17:37

grandads drawing of stanley interment camp (prisioner of war) hk.

My grandfather was POW at Stanley Camp. His wife Renee and children Rubina, Fay and Frank jnr were all evacuated to Sydney, Australia.

My grandfather was a diver who worked on the harbour pipelines.

Date picture taken

1942

Shows person / people

Frank Alfred CHEESMAN [c.1903-1983]

Shows place(s)

Stanley Civilian Internment Camp [1942-1945]

Comments

Frank Cheeseman was a POW at…

Frank Cheeseman was a POW at Stanley Camp for 3 yrs. His wife Renee and children Rubina, Fay and Frank were all evacuated to Sydney, Australia.

"My corner for three years eight months"

There aren't many views of the inside of rooms in Stanley Camp, so this is valuable to see.

He lived in Block 10, which is described as:

Block 10 - Another college building, one large classroom accommodated 30 men - space was fairly reasonable , however. This room, however, had suffered from shell fire. Glass was given by the Japanese late in the spring of 1943 to replace broken windows. All upstairs rooms , with one ecseption, were small rooms and were formerly used as students' rooms - 2 to a room; these now house 3 adults each. There should really only be two persons in these rooms, because for extra space during day one bed always has to be put away.

That may explain the missing windows in the sketch.

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