PAGLAR, Eric Charles Pemberton
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000299
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 12
Total Reels
- Low Lay Leng
Interviewer
- 05:45:46
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 12
Metadata
- 3 Aug 1983
Recording Date
- 00:29:19
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Attended St Patrick's School, then St Joseph's Institution. Classes suspended due to Japanese Occupation. His father, Dr C J Paglar's voluntary work in Medical Auxiliary Service (MAS): training first aiders, running casualty station. Reaction to Japanese air raids. Father ceased working in own clinics; had to live at casualty station. His sister as volunteer MAS driver picked up the wounded. Recalled fighting in adjacent rubber estate to where he was living - Kampong Batak (now Jalan Eunos). Looting of food by Japanese soldiers.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 12
Metadata
- 3 Aug 1983
Recording Date
- 00:29:33
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Locals' fear of Japanese soldiers. Japanese non-military community: shop keepers, fishermen. Japanese soldiers also received treatment at MAS stations. He was too young to realize gravity of British surrender but aware of suffering. Urban dwellers worse off than kampong folk. Father established maternity hospital at Joo Chiat Place (later became American Hospital). Japanese soldiers came also for treatment of wounds, gonorrhoea, malaria. How fair-skin Eurasians were more bothered by Japanese than darker-skin ones. Father became President of Eurasian Welfare Association. Headquarters in Katong. Some Eurasians interned by Japanese. Informers within Eurasian community.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 12
Metadata
- 13 Sep 1983
Recording Date
- 00:30:01
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Cycled to work. Wore wooden identification tag. Factory divided into sections, headed by trained Japanese mechanics. Locals run sections themselves, with deputy section leaders. Interviewee's Japanese supervisor, Kimura, invited workers to his home.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 12
Metadata
- 13 Sep 1983
Recording Date
- 00:30:44
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Deputy section leaders co-ordinated work with instructions coming down from Japanese. Unpleasant experience of seeing thieves hammered and tied to trees. Happy with rice rations received, and being kept busy. Interviewee himself asked to join Japanese school.
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