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POW |
Surrender - 1942 |
Singapore - from Feb.1942
| Burma -Thailand Railway
| "A" Force |
"B" Force |
"C" Force |
"D" Force |
"E"
Force | "F" Force | "G" Force | "H" Force |
"J"
Force |
Singapore - from March, 1945 |
Surrender - 1945
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Location: |
MacRitchie Reservoir |
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City/Town: |
Singapore |
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State/Province: |
Singapore |
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Country:
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Singapore |
In mid-1942, the Japanese Army decided
to build a Shinto shrine, at the western end of MacRitchie Reservoir,
near Sime Road, in the middle of Singapore Island.
The project consisted of a hill top
Shinto shrine, granite steps leading up to the shrine, approach roads,
and a small bridge over part of MacRitchie Reservoir. It was made to
look like the Grand Shrine at Japan's most sacred site, Ise Jingu, at
Ise in Japan.
Allied prisoners from camps at Adam
Road, Caldecott Hill, Lornie Road, Mount Pleasant, and Sime Road worked
on this job under the direction of the Yokoyama Engineering Regiment.
Mayor Odate performed
the opening ceremony early in 1943, and senior Japanese Generals,
Admirals, officials, businessmen, community leaders and priests were all
in attendance.
Just before the
surrender in 1945, the Japanese Army destroyed it.
(Sources: Syonan - My Story; Colour Patch)
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29/08/2022 |
