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Bukit Batok Memorial
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Bukit Batok Nature Park
(Bukit Batok East Ave 2)
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Bukit Batok East
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| Description: |
The commemorative board found on steps of the current Bukit Batok Nature Park.
Two monuments which include the Japanese Chureito, once stood on top of this hill in memory of Allied and Japanese forces who were killed in the battle for Singapore. |
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Research findings by Fuhua Secondary School.
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Kranji Beach Battle
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| Address: |
Kranji Reservoir Park
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| Division: |
Yew Tee
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| Description: |
"On this shoreline between the Kranji River and the Causeway, troops of the 27th Australian Brigade and Singapore volunteers of Lieutenant-Colonel Dalley’s DALFORCE scored a victory against the invading Japanese forces.
On the Morning of 10th February 1942, troops from the 4th Regiment of the Japanese Imperial Guards landed when the tide was low. They were stuck in the mud and were caught in oil slicks created by Allied troops releasing oil from the nearby Woodlands depot. The first waves of Japanese troops were burnt when Allied troops set fire to the oil.
However, for fear of being cut off by the Japanese landing from the west of Serimbun and Jurong, the Australian troops and DALFORCE volunteers were ordered to withfraw south, thus allowing the Japanese to land and consolidate their invasion of Singapore."
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Research findings by Fuhua Secondary School.
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Kranji Jurong Defence Line
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| Address: |
Jurong West St. 42
(Neighbourhood Park surrounded by Blocks 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 554, 556 and 558)
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Jurong Central
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| Description: |
A memorial stone tablet with the following words which describes the battle inscribed on it:
"The narrow ridge connecting the sources of the Jurong and the Kranji River was a natural defence line protecting the North West approach to the city. The Allied troops were to defend this line strongly against invading Japanese.
However, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival’s secret orders to withdraw to the last defence line around the city, only if necessary, were misunderstood by the defending Allied troops. As a result, the 14th Indian Infantry Brigade, the 12th Indian Infantry Brigade and the 22nd Australian Brigade, reinforced after their withdrawal from Sarimbun Beach in the north-west, abandoned the Jurong Kranji Line on 10th February 1942. This allowed the Japanese forces to sweep through the line to attack Bukit Timah."
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Research findings by Fuhua Secondary School.
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