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Causeway, Singapore
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AWM caption reads:
SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-27. THE CAUSEWAY JOINING SINGAPORE ISLAND WITH JOHORE STATE ON THE MALAYAN MAINLAND, WHERE FROM 1942-01-31 TO 1942-02-09, MEMBERS OF 2/30TH INFANTRY BATTALION CAME UNDER HEAVY ENEMY SHELLFIRE. WHEN THE ALLIED TROOPS HAD CROSSED, THE CAUSEWAY WAS DEMOLISHED 50 YARDS FROM THE JOHORE SHORE AND FOR 50 YARDS. TO JOIN TO THE LEFT OF PHOTOGRAPH NO. 117540.
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