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 3 of 12
Metadata
- 25 Aug 1983
Recording Date
- 00:29:31
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Mamoru Shinozaki approached Dr C J Paglar to head Eurasian Welfare Assocation. Father awareness of dangers facing Eurasians with British ancestry. House of Freddy Woodford opposite Joo Chiat Police Station - East Coast Road, used as Association" headquarters. Help offered included money, food, medicine plus job placement. Father aphilanthropist; spent own money on black market medicines for the needy. Association's semblance of support for Japanese did not reflect Eurasians' true feelings; cooperation as an attempt to stay out of trouble.
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