";s:4:"text";s:4772:" The following morning, the remaining men were told that they would receive water. This party was marched by a circuitous route to the Old Quarters, where they were herded into rooms which varied for 9’ x 9’ to 10’ x 12’.Here the men were literally jammed in and it took minutes to raise ones hands above ones head. I was very frightened all the time that the British would discover our numerical weakness and lack of supplies and force me into disastrous street fighting.On Singapore, the Japanese captured 300 field guns, 180 mortars, 100 anti-aircraft guns, 54 fortress guns, and 108 1-pounder guns, as well as 200 armoured vehicles (Universal Carriers and armoured cars) and 1,800 trucks.Blackburn and Hack give a total of 226 for British artillery pieces captured during the siege of Singapore itself, including fortress guns (172 without them),Two brigades from the Australian 8th Division had been dispatched to Singapore and then Malaya in February 1941, while its third brigade had been dispersed to garrison The number of Japanese killed and wounded is disputed.The war establishment, the on-paper strength, of an infantry division during or after 1941, but before 1944, was 17,298 men.64 Sentai lost three Ki-43s and claimed five Hurricanes.During this time a number of witnesses claim that Australian deserters were involved in widespread looting, while others were alleged to have pushed women off the gangways to get aboard the departing ships evacuating the civilians. 26 December 1887, Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England–d. For patients who need more than basic care, blood and radiological investigations will be done. Nevertheless, the military supply situation was rapidly deteriorating. Captain Parkinson, Corporal McEwan and Private Lewis were also bayoneted to death. Alexandra Hospital possessed several well-known medical expertise. Tacolneston.
One shell struck the roof of the Old Quarters injuring some of the prisoners and blowing open the door and windows. Second World War (1939-1945) 378 Alexandra Road, 159964 Singapore; Singapore South West Singapore; On 14 February 1942, seeking reprisal for losses sustained during the Battle of Pasir Panjang, Japanese soldiers entered the hospital from its western end, bayoneting staff and patients.
Fergus Anckorn (POW, Alexandra Hospital Massacre & Burma Railway) Tacolneston. A plaque commemorating the massacre and expanding on the hospital's history after the war.