LEE Beng Kway 李明改
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000484
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 4
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 01:52:41
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 4
Metadata
- 8 Oct 1984
Recording Date
- 00:28:58
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Personal background. Came to Singapore in 1931. How Japanese started war of aggression in China. Remembered war songs sung then. How school students helped war victims in China. Family shifted to Clementi. Reared domestic fowls and pigs and grew vegetables. Studied in Jie Gu School at Bukit Ho Swee. School principal advised him to return home when Japanese bombed Singapore.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 4
Metadata
- 8 Oct 1984
Recording Date
- 00:29:09
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
British artillery men told him that British troops were defeated at Bukit Timah. Father who worked in army was advised to return home in February 1942. Father helped to bury dead bodies. Two Japanese soldiers threatened to chase his family and his neighbours out of air-raid shelter. His neighbour daughter almost caught by Japanese. Two Japanese returned to look for girls. Where he led Japanese soldiers to.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 4
Metadata
- 15 Oct 1984
Recording Date
- 00:28:58
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Japanese slashed him for deceiving them. How he managed to escape from them. Joined his family members again. Learnt that British had surrendered. Discovered bullets and weapons. Hid them in a hole. What happened to his relatives who went for mass screening. Clementi and Ulu Pandan came under administration of Butai 10355.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 4
Metadata
- 15 Oct 1984
Recording Date
- 00:25:36
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Why there was a shortage of commodities during Japanese Occupation. How he knew that Japanese were losing the war. British reoccupied Singapore afterJapanese Surrender. Why he did not hand over bullets and weapons to British. How his family made a living during Japanese Occupation.
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