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Creativity and Ingenuity of British Far East Prisoners of War, 1942 - 45
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Watercolour painting showing a section of bamboo with a fearsome looking creature poking its head out of the top. Writing around the base reads: Always look inside your bamboo! Add to board
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Painting by a FEPOW: Always Look Inside Your Bamboo

This drawing of a creature poking its head out of a section of bamboo was painted by FEPOW Jack Chalker in 1944. Many FEPOWs lived in jungle camps, and the wildlife could be both a source of interest, and also a source of danger. Bamboo was also one of the places that FEPOW artists hid their drawings from the Japanese guards.

Image: Greetings card, back page, 1944 by Gunner Jack Chalker © and courtesy N. Pearson