Bukit Batok Memorial engraving : close-up

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22 Oct 2003

Photographed By M. Ashif Padili

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This close-up of the engraving shows the image of a memorial built during the Japanese occupation in 1942 and which was destroyed in 1945.

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War memorials--Singapore

Engraving--Singapore

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Sculpture

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All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2004.

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