SINGH, Kartar
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Accession Number 002335
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 34
Total Reels
- Jason Lim (Dr)
Interviewer
- 16:08:49
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 6 of 34
Metadata
- 19 Jul 2002
Recording Date
- 00:29:17
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
(0:00:07) Recollection of what he saw during the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942.
(0:04:37) Incident when he came face-to-face with a Japanese soldier.
(0:07:25) Impression of the Japanese military after the British surrendered.
(0:14:12) Arrests of the Sikhs.
(0:15:10) Impressions of the prisoners-of-war.
(0:17:12) He got rid of a radio that his father had looted.
(0:19:10) Anecdote about why his brother joined the Indian National Army (INA).
(0:22:38) Dissolution of the Sikh Contingent after the Japanese surrendered in 1945.
(0:25:06) Food supplies under the Japanese.
(0:25:55) His impressions of how the Chinese were treated as time went by.
(0:27:00) Anecdotes concerning an explosion at the Capitol Theatre in 1944.
What he saw with the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. Incident when he came face-to-face with a Japanese soldier. Impression of the Japanese military. Impression of the town after the British surrendered. Arrests of Sikhs. Impressions of prisoners-of-war. Got rid of a radio his father had looted. Anecdote concerning why his brother joined the Indian National Army (INA). Dissolution of the Sikh Contingent after the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Food supplies. Impressions of how the Chinese were treated as time went by. Anecdotes concerning an explosion at Capitol Theatre in 1944.
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