Saturday 16 February 2013

The Kranji War Memorial


Kranji War Memorial honors the men from Britain, Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka, India, Malaya, the Netherlands and New Zealand who gave their lives defending Singapore in World War II. 



There are more than 4,000 graves of servicemen who died during the Japanese Occupation stand in neat rows on manicured lawns. Also, more than 20,000 names of soldiers and air force men who died but whose bodies were never recovered are inscribed on 12 columns. 


The War Memorial represents the three branches of the military - the Air Force, Army and Navy. 


The columns represent the Army, which marches in columns, the cover over the columns is shaped after of the wings of a plane, representing the Air Force, and the shape at the top resembles the periscope of a submarine, representing the Navy. 


This is my own personal knowledge. Some of the graves at the Kranji War Memorial are not correctly identified. It is because during the war, there were too many people dead and some were dead unidentified. There are not only soldiers buried there but also ordinary people of different races buried there.
People are also allowed to pay a respect on these soldiers. 
http://www2.hci.edu.sg/y09hci0003/content.html Date accessed: 16/2/2013





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