{"id":3667,"date":"2018-10-16T12:49:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2018-10-16T12:49:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:49:36","slug":"john-jigger-jay-accountant-and-cartoonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=3667","title":{"rendered":"John &#8220;Jigger&#8221; Jay, accountant and cartoonist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By profession, British internee, John Leslie &#8220;Jigger&#8221; Jay, was an accountant.  But he also proved to be an apt cartoonist of daily life at Santo Tom\u00e1s, and later Los Ba\u00f1os internment camps.  His most prominent work was in <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.filipinaslibrary.org.ph\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=58854&#038;query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20stahl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How We Took It<\/em><\/a>, poems by Alfred J. Stahl and published in New York in October 1945.  Jigger traveled on the S.S. Admiral E.W. Eberle leaving Manila on 10 April 1945, arriving in San Pedro, California, on 2 May 1945.  He was repatriated on the R.M.S. Scythia leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 10 May 1945, arriving in Liverpool on 25 May 1945, en route to Banstead, Surrey.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3716\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3716\" data-attachment-id=\"3716\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?attachment_id=3716#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?fit=1031%2C781&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1031,781\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Alfred J. Stahl and John L. \\&quot;Jigger\\&quot; Jay&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Two pages from \\&quot;How We Took It,\\&quot; 1945, by Alfred J. Stahl and John L. \\&quot;Jigger\\&quot; Jay&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1539693089&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Fair use&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Illustration from \\&quot;How We Took It\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Illustration from &#8220;How We Took It&#8221;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Two pages from &#8220;How We Took It,&#8221; 1945, by Alfred J. Stahl and John L. &#8220;Jigger&#8221; Jay&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?fit=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?fit=640%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?resize=640%2C485&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Illustration from &quot;How We Took It&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?resize=1024%2C776&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?resize=768%2C582&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-we-took-it-1945-illustration2.jpg?w=1031&amp;ssl=1 1031w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two pages from &#8220;How We Took It,&#8221; 1945, by Alfred J. Stahl and John L. &#8220;Jigger&#8221; Jay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3685\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3685\" data-attachment-id=\"3685\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?attachment_id=3685#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-H10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1449825569&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"STIC place-mat, by John Jigger Jay\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;STIC place-mat, by John &#8220;Jigger&#8221; Jay&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;STIC place-mat, created by John &#8220;Jigger&#8221; Jay&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"STIC place-mat, by John &quot;Jigger&quot; Jay\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/STIC-placemat-John-Jigger-Jay.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">STIC place-mat, created by John &#8220;Jigger&#8221; Jay.<br \/>  Click on image to expand to see the great detail.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIf anyone has more information about Jigger or his work, please use our <a href=\"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?page_id=3705\">&#8220;Comments&#8221; form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By profession, British internee, John Leslie &#8220;Jigger&#8221; Jay, was an accountant. But he also proved to be an apt cartoonist of daily life at Santo Tom\u00e1s, and later Los Ba\u00f1os internment camps. His most prominent work was in How We Took It, poems by Alfred J. Stahl and published in New York in October 1945. 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