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Fall of Singapore

Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, led by a Japanese officer, walks under a flag of truce to negotiate the capitulation of Allied forces in Singapore, on 15 February 1942. It was the largest surrender of British-led forces in history.
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Fall of Singapore remembered with service at new WWII memorial

15/02/201715/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7139 Views 0 Comments Fall of Singapore

A public National Service will be held today at the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial in Ballarat, Victoria, to remember

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