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Many civilians of all nationalities, men, women and children, were captured and imprisoned by the Japanese. Others were evacuated at the last moment in hazardous circumstances often leaving loved ones behind to face inevitable capture.

Some of their stories are found in these pages.

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• A Report of Civilians in Changi Jail.By Hilary Cunningham
• Singapore's Children arrive home
• Long Road Back by J E Wilkins
• Lost by Arie den Hollander
• The Story of Pamela de Neumann
• British Civilian Internees held in Manila
• Eileen Page's Story
• Evacuation from Singapore by Anne Wilson
• Taken Prisoner by Robert Brooks
• My Memories of leaving Singapore by Catherine Butcher
• Photographs taken in Australia Christmas 1942
• The Story of Christine Edmondson
• HMS 'Scott Harley' Evacuation ship by Michael Pether
• Evacuees from Singapore - World War 2 on M.V. Gorgon. Arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia on 20 February 1942
• Tjideng Camp, Java - Link to external web site
• Women & Children Evacuees and Escapees from Singapore - List of ships and names
• "HMS Giang Bee" - Researched Passenger List
• "SS Kuala" - Researched Passenger List
• "SS Tanjong Pinang" - Researched Passenger List
• "SS Ban Ho Guan" - Researched Passenger List
• "Double Tenth" Atrocity Report
• Number One Work - Japanese Investigation of alleged Civilian sabotage in Singapore
• Evacuation on the Duchess of Bedford by Veronica Vaughan (now Roscow)
• Evacuation on the Empress of Japan by Phyllis Russell
• Phillis's War - The story of Phillis Harding

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