CONDITIONS IN P.O.W. CAMP
LONDON. June 17.
“Life here is not too bad, really. The weather is fine and we are' a mass of nude bodies rapidly becoming very brown,” says Wing Commander M. V. Blake, D. 5.0.. DjF.C. (Christchurch), writing from iStalag Luft 111. Wing Commander Blake, who has shot down 10 Germans, was made a prisoner after being shot down off.the French coast last year. It was the’second time he had been shot down, the first time being over the sea. He adds: “We play some form of sport most of the day and swot and read for the rest. Of course, there are periods when the international situation is under deep and serious consideration.” Private A. W. Bailey (Timaru), in Stalag XXVIIIA, says: “All the summer months we were axing and felling timber on the mountain slopes. When the winter snow comes all will be slid down to the roads for carting. The only snag is cold feet. All the iboys here are in the best spirits, as it won’t be long iiow.”
He adds: “Parcels coming fairly consistently from England and home, but mail is very irregular. The British Red Cross and 'New Zealand 'Society are sure doing a fine job looking after us all.” ,
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 226, 19 June 1943, Page 5
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