![]() ![]() After about two weeks in this camp the Japanese made it known that in two days 500 prisoners would be departing Padang. Conditions had been quite good at this camp with plenty of room, organised sport and lectures and although rationed, the food improved when the Dutch took over cooking duties. ![]() The prisoners who had been quartered in the Chinese School at Padang were permitted to remain a few more days until their transfer to a Dutch Army barracks. There would be no fighting as the Dutch had declared Padang an open city. Padang – Sumatra ** On St Patrick’s Day 17 March 1942 the Japanese arrived in Padang and took over control from the Dutch. ![]()
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